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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by danmaz74 on Sunday August 18, 2019 @04:11AM (#20728920)
Storage is very important, but there are many places in the world where wind and weather are pretty constant.
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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by pfdietz on Sunday August 18, 2019 @09:48AM (#20730106)
And near the equator there's much less seasonal variation in solar.

I wonder if energy-intensive heavy industry is going to migrate to low latitudes in a solar powered world. Sorry, previously industrial Europe.

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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by danmaz74 on Sunday August 18, 2019 @09:58AM (#20730160)
I read a few times about a proposal to build super-high voltage power lines between the Sahara and Europe to transport solar power...
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