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Much of the developing world is close enough to the equator that solar and batteries just have to last a few days. In most developed countries solar is seasona
by buckle8017 8mo ago
Much of the developing world is close enough to the equator that solar and batteries just have to last a few days.
In most developed countries solar is seasonal.
- anonymars 8mo agoSolar is one type of renewable. The Nordics have done all right https://www.nordicstatistics.org/news/the-5-large-nordic-countries-all-met-the-eus-2030-renewable-energy-target-in-2023/ https://www.nordicstatistics.org/news/the-5-large-nordic-cou...
- buckle8017 8mo agoThey have small populations and so many places to install dams they have their own words for it. Nobody else can do that.
- anonymars 8mo agoYet their neighbor Denmark has similar penetration of renewables. So what's the final destination of these goalposts then so we can just skip to the end?
- pfdietz 8mo agoInterestingly you don't want to be near the equator for the best solar resource, due to something called the "Intertropical Convergence Zone". This creates persistent storms and cloudiness in a band that waves up and down across the equator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone
- lokar 8mo agoPeak efficiency is seasonal. Much of North America is perfectly suited for solar year round, at reduced efficiency.