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RE: SOLAR STEEM : looking for Solar PV engineers & installers on Steem
Very useful to know, thank you.
Are there are any Steemians active in Poland at the moment?
Very useful to know, thank you.
Are there are any Steemians active in Poland at the moment?
I know two Poles: @browery and @crypto.piotr - crypto.piotr does not live in the country any more, like me, but as he is one of the old users he may know more Polish Steemians.
I think in European Union solar panels are already very common and very cheap thanks to the government subsidies. It's quite close to Ukraine though and some more job could probably be done there.
There is much more Ukrainians than Poles on Steemit (check Steemit BRU).
Is there much solar PV in Argentina now?
Yes and no.
Yes, as in Latin America in general there are plenty of places where solar PV is the only way to have the electricity. The continent is huge, if there are some single estancias in the middle of nothing, solar energy is cheaper than connecting to the conventional installation. In the mountains some small towns don't have the conventional installation so all the houses are with solar PV.
In the big cities like Rosario, Córdoba or Buenos Aires I didn't see even a single building with solar PV. As 92% of the Argentinians live in the cities, majority don't have the solar panels.
I guess in LATAM the best eco installations are in Uruguay, then Chile, then as the third Argentina.
With countries like Venezuela suffering many power cuts, solar PV with batteries would be very useful.
Is the electricity supply in Argentina very reliable or do you get many power cuts as well?
There are some short power cuts, which I would compare to the situation in Poland in early 90's and, I assume, maybe UK in 80's, but there is not many of them. Like four -five times in a year, each time few hours in Rosario. I know in some regions like Missiones the problem is a bit bigger but never even close to the situation in Venezuela.
Of course Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti are the poorest countries in the region and currently one of the poorest in the world, so you should definitely consider Venezuela, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh as the priority. The cost of installation in Venezuela will be significantly higher though - all the products has to be imported, taxes are huge, sometimes bribes are inevitable, transporting expensive things by roads is risky. There may be problem with finding the batteries which will help to store solar energy and which can be changed sometimes. You would have to find the solution for that as well.
Argentina at least is talking about some green solutions. Maduro won't even think about it so green transformation in countries like Venezuela desperately need some outside stimulation. Every investment in non democratic countries is more difficult though.
I am hoping to connect with some people with solar PV knowledge in Venezuela - but not found anyone yet.