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> Everywhere grid scale solar goes, expensive new transmission lines follow. How is this different than any other power generation install?

• SoftTalker 4mo ago
  Solar (and wind, I guess) is way more spread out? Other power generation happens at a point on a map by comparison.
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  • Certhas 4mo ago
    So requires more transmission infrastructure. The difference is that we already have that built out over decades, and now we need a different network in a much shorter timescale. No one should pretend that the energy transition is free. The final system we will arrive at can be ver