A lot of changes in the solar energy landscape

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1.  Decline in costs from P100,000/kw down t just almost P50,000 kw

2.  More suppliers, more reliable components

3.  More friendly regulations on rooftop installations.  

Types:   grid tie  no battery, connected to the grid

             hybrid -  with battery, not tied to the grid

But dont attempt net metering.   Really they would require that because of variances in specs of suppliers, the well being of the grid could be put at risk.

We are achieving a lot of success.  Landbank, SSS are offering rooftop solar financing.... More suppliers, More agree on the benefits of solar panels

Downsides:   fires, disposal of old expired panels, just 5 years life of storage, batteries.  

Homeowner experience of rooftop solar panels investment

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1.  Estimating the power requirements.     and compatibility and availablility of matching inverters and controllers

2.  Money traps -  spending nearly a million to save thousands

3. Peak power production is when the homeowner is at the office

Advantages:  

1.  Saving on power costs;

2.  No brown out, advantages  for wfh guys....

But generally the advantages outweigh the downsides.  

ERC case vs Rep Leandro Leviste

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Many know that these cases are meant to silence and stall him from his privilege speeches on corruption claims vs some kababayan in Batangas.   But we know that what is being charged vs his company and his person have impact on renewable energy. 

By obtaining the right to grant franchise to companies wishing to provide in RE (and of course having a cut in the business) he has like all other powers that be (whom he is attacking) will dominate the small players.   And he hasnt delivered as well to help solve the thin power reserve the country has.  

If only he was consistent and would have delivered....

Could oil companies raise prices on their sales from old inventories?

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Oil Deregulation Law. RA 8479

Sec. Garin of DOE said yes.   A popular curious senator was saying probably  not.  The oil deregulation law does not say anything about the issue.     The law simply deregulated the industry and this post wonders if there was an IRR.   How could legislators at the time of FVR had not be diligent about this.  Favoring businessmen while at the same time protecting the citizens.

                                                The no to PUV phase out made us vulnerable

Why did PH become vulnerable to oil shock from the Iran US war/Hormuz problem

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We thought that with the RE law and much fanfare about EV PHL has weaned itself from dependence on oil and other fossil fuel.  In an interview with a USec (DOE)  he revealed that could have been avoided.   As early as 2011, their group proposed EVs all through out the government:   vehicles for public transport and solar for rooftops.  That was 15 years ago.

Maybe their proposal on deaf ears and the  tranport group actively resisted modernization what wiht their transport disruption, strikes.  Had this mindset changed then and we are now EVs, we would not be panicking this much with P125.00 next week P150.00 diesel prices

He said that there are 26 brands of EV in China and they are much cheaper than ICE.  Now everybody is scrambling for EVs.  

Grap drivers used to earn P1,500 to P2,000 per day.   Now they can do only P500.00 per day.   We shot our feet with the delay in  EV RE implementation.    Most of our powerplants are coal.     We even rejected nuclear.  But that is clean energy in terms of  CO2 emission.  SK is nuclear.  Most of Germany was nuclear and Premier Merkel who as physicist favored it, but nuked the same as a population made the cost of power in GErmany so high that many manufacturers  are leaving Germany as base

When do we learn?