Re:Wind and solar are attracting the most funding
by epistasis on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:10PM
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That's factually untrue on many levels, even when I accept that you're exaggerating.
Even without any breakthroughs, high voltage DC interconnects between between electrical grids would allow us to use wind, solar, and a small amount of natural gas (certainly not megawatt for megawatt!)
And the end result is a system that pays for itself and has cheaper electricity. If we could ever get the stakes holders aligned...
Even without any breakthroughs, high voltage DC interconnects between between electrical grids would allow us to use wind, solar, and a small amount of natural gas (certainly not megawatt for megawatt!)
And the end result is a system that pays for itself and has cheaper electricity. If we could ever get the stakes holders aligned...
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/making-a-single-us-el...