Quote from: OgNasty on February 01, 2022, 11:23:42 PM

Quote from: Sokander on January 30, 2022, 10:09:01 PM

I plan to use green energy as well but with wind turbine, solar panel is good but the price per watt produced is too high, between 1~2 euro while the wind turbine come with 0.50~1 euro the watt.

Ya, I've been doing that for a while...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1783328.0

The problem is that wind energy is even more unreliable than solar, not to mention the upkeep and maintenance involved is quite a bit more than solar. I found that for mining purposes, wind energy is nearly useless and with the technology available today I honestly think you are better off just using energy from the grid. The only time wind turbine energy at a small scale would be beneficial in my opinion is to charge batteries where grid energy is unavailable. I'm sure this will change someday as the technology improves, but for home users it just isn't there yet.

If you're considering any type of alternative energy powered mining operation, the main expense is going to be batteries. Grid tying eliminates that, which is why my earlier comment quote below makes a ton of sense.

Quote from: OgNasty on January 30, 2022, 07:18:56 PM

So instead of looking at mining as a problem that needs to be solved with a ton of solar panels, look at it as a solution for how to benefit from excess energy production.

Quote from: JayDDee on January 30, 2022, 08:01:54 PM

But from a mining perspective you want the miners running 24/7.

That's why you remain grid-tied so miners can operate fine off the grid energy during cheaper electricity rate times of the day, like when the sun isn't shining. However, during times of overproduction, say when you're at work and the sun is beating down on your solar panels, instead of overproducing energy for the grid, you're burning it with mining.

Og, looks like you have been solar since 2017.

Have you been using batteries the entire time? Has there been any battery failure?

Does the system software give an expected life for the batteries?
.... battery life worries me.