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Given the heat, solar thermal plants would be a better bet than solar panels, specially given the interior is very sparsely populated and pretty hot. Unless th
by reallydontask 7y ago
Given the heat, solar thermal plants would be a better bet than solar panels, specially given the interior is very sparsely populated and pretty hot.
Unless thermal solar plants are affected negatively by the heat too?
- k_ 7y agoafair they already produce more electricity than needed and run their plants something like every other day (read here on HN, but don't have the link atm) because they can't store the excess.
- jamil7 7y agoThe other issue is that too much solar energy in the grid is intefering with existing coal plants due to the way energy pricing and distribution works. It's a bit of a mess but raw production isn't the biggest issue right now.