Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
|
cap costs? interest rates are near zero and most companies are holding gazillions of $$ in cash itching to invest it wisely...
in business settings it makes more sense to use solar as the load is constant and usually only needed during the daylight hours (i.e. store is open 8am-8pm and uses pretty much constant level of electricity), so in a way you achieve 100% efficiency... (Note how most of the top 10 users are retail stores)
in residential settings (without battery storage) you achieve pretty poor efficiency as the electricity use varies greatly throughout the day...
businesses also have economies of scale, don't pay sales commissions, are able to negotiate prices better, pay lower interest rates, are able to use accounting tricks better, etc...
so comparing Walmart to residential setup is like comparing apples to oranges...