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So you're saying that African countries could run heavy industry without a national or international grid if they used non solar/battery to generate the power?
by Teever 2y ago
So you're saying that African countries could run heavy industry without a national or international grid if they used non solar/battery to generate the power?
- nradov 2y agoNo, that's not what I wrote. In theory it's possible to build a power plant on site as part of a larger industrial facility as long as there's a reliable energy source (i.e. something that still works when the sun isn't shining). But that usually won't be cost effective compared to pulling power from a stable grid.
- Teever 2y agoWhy isn't that cost effective? I'm coming from the perspective of Alberta where they often do this in heavy industry because the resource they're mining happens to be fuel.