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Snowy mountaintops could be ideal for generating power
- bell-cot 4y ago> Mountaintop solar panels could produce the same amount of energy as urban installations, but with less surface coverage. I suspect that the cost per unit area for solar installations on mountaintops might be a bit higher than for solar installations on urban rooftops, in farm fields, etc.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWell... on the mountains, you have transportation costs, and also environmental impact statements and lawsuits. And it's going to be harder to go clean them from time to time. On the other hand, you don't have to worry about mounting something on your roof that the wind can't blow off, without punching a hole in the roof that water can leak through. So that might be easier?