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Solar is meant to handle peak loads, but spread out over the full day and night. Its worst case peak winter output will need to exceed usage. The future will m
by gibolt 4y ago
Solar is meant to handle peak loads, but spread out over the full day and night. Its worst case peak winter output will need to exceed usage.
The future will mean energy abundance during most of the year. An S-curve of cost decline and deployments means even 1TW could be a low estimate
- redisman 4y agoSolar is certainly not a silver bullet. Putting the same panel in Arizona or Norway will yield a wildly different RoI
- gibolt 4y agoHowever, electricity is easily transmitted, especially compared to oil pipelines. Northern Africa is having a massive solar boon right now, with lines delivering across Europe.
- ncmncm 4y agoNot so much as you would expect. Solar panels have got cheap enough that buying more of them to use locally is cheaper than buying the transmission line. The smart money would be buying ammonia synthesis equipment to site in Africa, instead, to sell to Finland and wherever the wind has let up.
- adrianN 4y agoDependence on foreign nations for your energy needs is currently not very in vogue.
- fmajid 4y agoLike this proposed project? https://xlinks.co/morocco-uk-power-project/ https://xlinks.co/morocco-uk-power-project/ It blew my mind you can transmit power for 3000km/2000mi with only about 10% loss using high voltage DC power lines.