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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by aaronwidd on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:32AM (#11634360)
A system that uses solar to desalinate seawater and pump it to a reservoir by day, then used for hydro power at night and again for crop irrigation, would certainly be one of the most exciting green engineering projects out there
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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by jcoffland on Thursday May 05, 2016 @12:36PM (#11637587)
Yes. Unfortunately water desalination requires a ton of energy but you can use the sun directly.
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