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Photovoltaics is more inline with Google's needs because it also offers increased cooling if placed above data centers. Could this be a reason why they favour P
by xutopia 13y ago
Photovoltaics is more inline with Google's needs because it also offers increased cooling if placed above data centers. Could this be a reason why they favour PV?
- fludlight 13y agoThree reasons why PV works better for rooftop: 1.) Thermal only works on a massive scale. You can't fit 1000 large mirrors, a tower, a huge turbine, and the requisite plumbing on a commercial rooftop. 2.) Even if you could, the city wouldn't let you because the mirrors would distract aviation and anger neighbors. 3.) Technological advances and a capacity glut in PV manufacturing brought the price of panels down so far that it doesn't make economic sense to build thermal anymore.