jaykrown

I've been watching videos of people installing solar panels, now that they are much cheaper typical installation seems to be with 550W panels currently. People with the land and money should absolutely be exploring how to install solar panels and batteries to supplement their electricity source. Seeing what's happening in Russia and with gas prices, we are entering a forced transition. Energy independence is becoming more and more important as those in power attempt to control and profit more. Don't get left behind.

From a year ago, but still a great video to learn.

Several of the major things I took away:

Zero emissions.

The performance as good as diesel.

Silent operation allows for communication during operation, improving safety conditions.

Battery is only used during physical active operation, never idle.

• BloombergNEF Battery Price Survey — pack-level pricing https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/new-record-lows-for-battery-prices/

• Sodium-ion Comparison Paper — Na-ion density & charge performance https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/iapgos/article/download/7045/4853

• Wood Mackenzie — Na-ion commercial status https://www.woodmac.com/blogs/energy-pulse/sodium-ion-batteries-enter-energy-storage-market/

• NREL — automotive battery-life benchmarks https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy12osti/53470.pdf

• Our World in Data — historical price trajectory https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-battery-cell-price

• InsideEVs — CATL Fleet Performance — Na-ion sub-zero C-rate validation https://insideevs.com/news/801042/catl-commercial-ev-battery-fast-charging/

• Batteries News — CATL Ultra-Fast Charging — low-temp resilience data https://batteriesnews.com/catl-unveils-new-light-commercial-vehicle-battery-that-charges-to-80-in-under-7-minutes/

• Endless Sphere / A123 — LFP BMS derating curves https://endless-sphere.com/sphere/threads/battery-life-dod-soc-temperature-charge-rate-study.91005/

• EVE Energy — LFP lithium plating risk at sub-zero https://www.evemall.eu/selection-guide/how-temperature-affect-lfp-lithium-battery

• Texas Instruments — CC-CV transition math https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/sszta38

• Elinta Charge — DC fast charger taper behavior https://elintacharge.com/glossary/cc-cv-charging-profile/

For all those who complained about it not starting at 0.

https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends

https://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy

https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary

https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/global-ev-data-explorer

https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/electric-vehicle-batteries

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/

https://www.epa.gov/automotive-trends https://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/executive-summary https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/global-ev-outlook-2026 https://www.fueleconomy.gov/

In economics, hedonic regression, also sometimes called hedonic demand theory, is a revealed preference method for estimating demand or value of a characteristic of a differentiated good. It decomposes the item being researched into its constituent characteristics and obtains estimates of the contributory value for each. This requires that the composite good (the item being researched and valued) can be reduced to its constituent parts and that those resulting parts are in some way valued by the market. Hedonic models are most commonly estimated using regression analysis, although some more generalized models such as sales adjustment grids are special cases which do not.

You have the solar panels protecting the lower ponds of azolla which don't like direct sun. The solar panels provide excess electricity and power any machinery used to harvest the azolla. The azolla grows over TEN TIMES as fast as grass or any other plants, so you are cycling it rapidly producing truckloads of green biomass on a monthly basis.

I have been working on creating the most realistic, cheapest, and most productive setups possible, and I think I've gotten close.

This combines the electricity production of solar, and the carbon capture power of azolla. The solar power helps keep the azolla safe from harsh direct sun, and the azolla pond below helps cool the panel with subtle evaporation cooling.

How does it make money? Excess electricity sale and azolla biomass which can be used as animal feed or squeezed into cakes biochar because it fixes nitrogen from the atmosphere.

This infrastructure start up cost is very simple, accessible, and easy to maintain. This would ideally be done in places that don't experience cold winters, ideally somewhere like Southern USA. It can be done in Summer in the Northern hemisphere but only for about 4 months a year. Any type of heating or infrastructure greatly increases costs.

I'm not sure this would actually work? Is there anything wrong with it? I think it would only work somewhere that doesn't experience cold winters. The idea that it uses things that are already highly available in a very efficient synergistic combination.

• https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/

• https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/home.aspx/1000

• https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-power

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China

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