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And then, the Netherlands just killed off an ecosystem of installation and service of solar, crafted by 2 decades of subsidies. In just 2 months. Such a waste.

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UK did the same about 10 years ago and it’s cost us billions in extra energy costs since

Somebody has to pay for all that energy storage. And that somebody is always the customer.

Can you elaborate?

There is a lot of drama currently in the Netherlands about the end of net metering.

Net metering is great for the customers, but then your electricity provider becomes an equivalent of a giant battery. A batteries are very expensive still.

We have solar on our house, and we enjoy net metering, but I understand the arguments against it.

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