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the suns only up during that time period over the summer. during other parts of the year, it's only partially up. If you have to go for a specific time of the year in order to fix a problem, then it hasn't fixed much of the problem if it only addresses 1/4 seasons. solar is often not that strong during peak usage. It's basically effective if you have a lot of appliances at home that are timed specifically to run when most people are away, which is the part that you have to train an audience to do.
These days we have lots of people with home office. There are appliances like refrigerators and home electronics which contribute to the domestic baseload. With battery buffering and higher production capacity you can flatten the generation peak and increase self-consumption, for the price of longer ROI.