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On the flip side the biggest power plants in the world are the new massive solar installations, eg. Gonghe Talatan Solar Park. It's fun to view these large sol
by AnotherGoodName 2y ago
On the flip side the biggest power plants in the world are the new massive solar installations, eg. Gonghe Talatan Solar Park.
It's fun to view these large solar plants on satellite view. Absolutely massive. https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B010'54.0%22N+100%C2%B034'41.0%22E https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B010'54.0%22N+100%C2... and with the nearby pumped hydro that is itself in the gigawatt range and growing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longyangxia_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longyangxia_Dam ) removes the concerns of "how do you store the power!".
I'm not convinced small scale solar is the future when large integrated hydro+solar like this has such huge advantages.
- floatrock 2y agoit's almost like zooming in on a fractal
- abhinavk 2y agoI drove through a solar cluster in India this year. https://earth.google.com/web/@27.45264286,72.06288954,225.16349782a,52589.33658315d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CgRCAggBOgMKATBCAggASg0I____________ARAA https://earth.google.com/web/@27.45264286,72.06288954,225.16... I couldn't fathom the scale when I looked at it later in Google Earth. It's a good use of the arid land where few things grow.
- marssaxman 2y agoThat's amazing - my first thought, after clicking your link, was that the satellite view was out of date, from before construction began: but no, I just needed to zoom out. And out. And out - still not all of it! - five clicks later, you can finally see that this solar park takes up as much space as a small city.