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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by philh on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @08:31AM (#15292968)
> What people miss is that during the summer the sun is up all the time. (In the winter, not so much.)

It sounds like these two effects should cancel each other out. Are you saying that people take winter into account but not summer?

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Re:US solar plant costs fall another 30 per cent in one year by Filligree on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:13AM (#15293332)
Depends on what you're using it for. A common use-case is cottages that run off the grid, which are only used in the summer half of the year anyway.
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