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The author wrote followup article in which he estimates costs for a more reasonable system that is sized for winter production rather than annual storage: A Po
by nkurz 11y ago
The author wrote followup article in which he estimates costs for a more reasonable system that is sized for winter production rather than annual storage:
A Potential Solution to the Problem of Storing Solar Energy – Don’t Store It.
http://euanmearns.com/a-potential-solution-to-the-problem-of-storing-solar-energy-dont-store-it/ http://euanmearns.com/a-potential-solution-to-the-problem-of...
As commenters here and on the blog suggest, this is a much more cost effective approach (although still prohibitively expensive in extreme latitudes).
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoAcross two epically long blog posts, that's a lot of words, numbers and graphs to say "it's sunnier nearer the equator" and "electric grids are handy, don't abandon them for no reason", all delivered with a lot of attitude for no obvious reason. Is there some context outside of these two posts that makes them reasonable things for someone to have spent so much time and effort on?