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The solar doesn't need to be in one large install, and that would actually be a very bad idea. Big central points of failure are less reliable than widely sprea
by epistasis 3y ago
The solar doesn't need to be in one large install, and that would actually be a very bad idea. Big central points of failure are less reliable than widely spread resources. So I'm not sure what the point is of saying the biggest single site is X MW.
And if the idea is that "oh no we are going to see an emissions spike when DC shuts down" that's going to happen anytime before 2035, while there's still gas on the generation network. If it happens now or in five years is less important than the total emissions over time. If we bit that bullet in five years, but didn't spend the $6B on more permanent solutions that bring us to our long term transition, it's money wasted.