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"Places where sun availability makes solar inefficient" is still a niche so massive that "niche" seems like a bad descriptor.
by Matticus_Rex 4y ago
"Places where sun availability makes solar inefficient" is still a niche so massive that "niche" seems like a bad descriptor.
- Gwypaas 4y agoKeep in mind HVDC. 3300 KM north of the Sahara desert, and you are relatively close to the Arctic circle. North of that is still a "niche," but now we're talking about a million people living hugely spread out. Most of those people living in Russia, Norway, and Sweden with easy access to an abundance of hydro, to the level that energy flows north to south in the Scandinavian countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current
- selimthegrim 4y agoWell maybe once they finish blowing up the ones they built in Donbass and half-built near Saratov we can revisit it.