Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion

Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by jordache on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:11AM (#21005007)

so they are not storing the energy produced there.. That is a huge fluctuating energy source in their grid huh?

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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by pjc50 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:47AM (#21005373)

Someone mentioned the Aswan dam nearby; that would provide a good counter-controllable source of power. But in general it's going to be predictably sunny in the desert and align well with AC usage.

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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by swarnie_ on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:27AM (#21005163)

Its the Egyption Desert, i assumed the sunlight would create quite a consistent curve throughout the day almost every day?

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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by jordache on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:38AM (#21013344)

It doesn't get cloudy in the desert?

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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by yuft on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @12:57PM (#21007323)

And at night?

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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by tempguy9999 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:23PM (#21007669)

> And at night?

It gets dark.

Source: I used to live in a middle eastern country.

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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by swarnie_ on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @02:26PM (#21008407)

You bring other sources online.

In the day when its light again you take those resources offline. This is a really well tested system world wide.

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