Modern solar panels will free millions of homes from grid stations: research

According to new research, more than 30 million homes in Europe could meet all of their energy needs with rooftop solar panels alone.

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany found that more than 50 percent of the 41 million homes in Europe that are not connected to an external power supply system will use only solar power and batteries in 2020. They could be self-sufficient in meeting their electricity needs.

This number is expected to increase to 75 percent by 2050. Advances in solar technology mean that it may not be financially expensive to switch a portion of a single-family home from an external power supply system to entirely solar power in the coming decades. will

However, the researchers say that instead of abandoning the grid altogether, it would be better on a macroeconomic scale for households to stay connected to the grid and provide electricity to other consumers when it is more productive.

“Our results show that even in 2050 it won’t be very cheap to go off the grid, but if you pay more for self-sufficiency,” says Max Kleinbremm, an energy economics researcher at the Carlsrow Institute of Technology. It makes sense to invest in these types of self-sufficient buildings.’

‘It would be less beneficial if a large number of households left the grid rather than supporting it.’

A study published in the scientific journal Joule, titled ‘Two million European single-family homes could be off the grid by 2050,’ is detailed.

The cost of solar panels has fallen significantly in recent years, and the cost of solar power has fallen over the past decade, according to estimates from the Berlin-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in September. About 90% reduction occurred.

The reduction in costs could mean that in 2050 the entire world’s energy needs could be met entirely and efficiently by solar technology and other renewable sources, says Felix Kreutzig, head of the research.

A separate study published last month by researchers at the University of Exeter and University College London found that solar energy has ‘reached a point of no return’. Solar energy will become the dominant source of electricity in the world within three decades.

“Recent advances in renewable energy mean that projections of reliance on conventional fuels are no longer realistic,” said Femke Najse from the University of Exeter.

“Using three models that track positive feedback, we predict that solar panels will dominate the global energy mix by the middle of this century.”