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heat loss in power distribution is nontrivial

• jackdeansmith 6y ago
  In the US at least, transmission loss seems to be on order of 5% of total energy distributed. Source: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=105&t=3#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Energy%20Information%20Administration,in%20the%20State%20Electricity%20Profiles https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=105&t=3#:~:text=Th.... The economies of scale seem to be much larger. For example, utility scale solar seems to be about half the unit cost compared to residential and commercial solar: https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/solar-installed-system-cost.html https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/solar-installed-system-cost.ht...