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It depends on how much reliable sun the location gets, and how much wind. Wind is often cheaper. Wind also keeps going at night.
by jacobolus 9y ago
It depends on how much reliable sun the location gets, and how much wind. Wind is often cheaper. Wind also keeps going at night.
- adrianN 9y agoWe could build solar-thermal plants that melt salt during the day and run off stored heat in the night. They're a bit more expensive than photovoltaics I believe, which is why they're currently not very popular (the storage problem is not so bad while we're stilling using fossil fuels for base load).