Except, storage is a solved problem. Different solutions will be used in different places. Both compressed-air and pumped hydro are nowhere near as dependent on

Except, storage is a solved problem. Different solutions will be used in different places. Both compressed-air and pumped hydro are nowhere near as dependent on local details as is often imagined. There will be no need for seasonal storage at all, because anyplace that needs more energy than they have stored, and cannot book enough from transmission lines, may simply order a shipment of ammonia from any of many producers in the tropics. But it is correct that orbital solar will not happen, and ESA should be ashamed.