> Oh come on.

He was doing it for the tax credits. Without the tax credits, this project wouldn't have come close to making sense.

The tax credits aren't coming out of the grid somewhere else. The project is a negative to tax revenue, positive to the grid, and positive to CO2 levels.

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baking 6 months ago | parent [-]

He's using the tax credits to undersell projects with storage that would have been more positive for the grid. Solar without storage in Texas is coal to Newcastle. Subsidizing bare-bones solar is not good for the grid.

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Dylan16807 6 months ago | parent | next [-]

Projects with storage can take advantage of the cheaper solar power by shifting their balance, installing fewer panels and more storage. This leaves the grid better off overall.

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baking 6 months ago | parent [-]

Projects with storage can also take advantage of lower grid connection power limits because they are not forced to dump maximum power at peak supply times of the day.

	▲	Dylan16807 6 months ago \| parent [-]
		Sure they can. That doesn't make pure solar installs bad. Pure solar installs are net positive.

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zekrioca 6 months ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because they don’t want to upgrade the grid, don’t want to compromise even in flexible cases, and want to keep everything as is.

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giblfiz 6 months ago | parent | prev [-]

Battery and and solar with battery have (nearly) the same tax credit advantage.