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Their analysis puts earth-based solar in the most ideal locations on earth, namely North Africa and the Mojave desert, but then they assume a literal 0% cost in
by thegrim33 3y ago
Their analysis puts earth-based solar in the most ideal locations on earth, namely North Africa and the Mojave desert, but then they assume a literal 0% cost in transmitting that power to where it needs to be used.
Their analysis also completely ignores any cost and complexity involved with batteries / energy storage for earth-based solar.
Yeah, I think any conclusion they've come to is pretty baseless considering the sloppiness of their calculations.
- cratermoon 3y ago"giant desert installations of PV on the ground will incur a similar cost (though higher because the demand is farther from the source)." I suppose it's too much to ask folks who frequent HN to read the whole article.