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Is it really that cheap already? I thought desalination was more like an “not enough power by an order of magnitude” type problem. Solar that is a little cheape

Is it really that cheap already? I thought desalination was more like an “not enough power by an order of magnitude” type problem. Solar that is a little cheaper than fossil fuels wouldn’t solve it, right? Although, I’d be happy to be wrong there! Desalination does seem like a useful shiftable load that could incentivize over-building solar, which is always nice.

HappyPanacea 1y ago
> Desalination does seem like a useful shiftable load Yes this is a really nice feature, you can store excess water for essentially free. This probably shifts the economics of desalination to favor technologies that are more energy intensive but lower capex and opex.