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Is that universally true, or just in areas with a lot of sunshine? Might there be a lot of marginal farmland in colder/darker areas where the crops only just ge

• ncmncm 5y ago
  It costs money. But the solar panels generate income to pay for their installation. It has been easier when you grow in greenhouses; there, it is common to provide partial shade. And, yes, at higher latitudes there is less excess sun for everybody. Probably Finns will need to continue importing liquid fuel to burn in turbines, transitioning to anhydrous ammonia synthesized in the tropics, instead of deploying their own solar panels. But HVDC transmission line power delivery will be able to undercut turbine prices, normally, albeit unreliably. They will still need to stockpile fuel and maintain turbines for when HVDC fails to deliver.