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The solution for air conditioners ... more solar power.

• epistasis 4y ago
  Except for those hours 4-9... the solution to that is more storage, a solution which is ready today, shipping, and in demand in excess of current supply, even though supply is ramping up at tremendous speeds.
  • smileysteve 4y ago
    What if, instead of localized salt reactors, we have hyper local chemical flow batteries.
  • Schroedingersat 4y ago
    You can significantly reduce storage requirements by moving the solar peak to 4pm. Just install the solar panels upright rather than flat. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/a-d-possibilities-for-installations-of-bifacial-modules-and-e-comparison-of-power_fig1_350743188 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/a-d-possibilities-for-in... It also impedes other land use even less and can go in places like highway sound barriers. CSP with thermal storage is also cheaper than storage now in high resource/low cloud areas.