this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023

48 points (96.2% liked)

Aotearoa / New Zealand

1656 readers

5 users here now

Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general

For politics , please use !politics@lemmy.nz
Shitposts, circlejerks, memes, and non-NZ topics belong in !offtopic@lemmy.nz
If you need help using Lemmy.nz, go to !support@lemmy.nz
NZ regional and special interest communities

Rules:

Don't be a dick

FAQ ~ NZ Community List ~ Join Matrix chatroom

Banner image by Bernard Spragg

Got an idea for next month's banner?

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

RaoulDuke@lemmy.nz

48

Solar for all (www.labour.org.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

46 comments fedilink hide all child comments

This is a fantastic initiative. Hopefully all parties subscribe to this.

It's win win for all involved. Only power companies would be against this.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] gardner@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s also transmission losses to consider.

This is hilarious. How far do you think power travels from a centralised generation plant?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz -3 points 1 year ago

Why do you think we step up the voltage as far as 220 thousand volts? You can lose a maximum of 5% of the nominal supply voltage between the switchboard and the load inside a building, and 7% from the point of supply to the load.

Transmission loss on low voltage is definitely not insignificant.