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What are you talking about? How does solar thermal power involve burning fossil fuels?
by davedx 11y ago
What are you talking about? How does solar thermal power involve burning fossil fuels?
- amock 11y agoIt doesn't have to, but see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility#Fossil_fuel_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility#F... for an example of how it can.
- Retric 11y agoIf are ok with a 21% capacity factor then you don't need fossil fuels. If you want to actually make power the other 79% of the time then you do. Milton salt lowers efficiency rather dramatically which is why it's not a real factor.