Solar panels are starting to die, leaving behind toxic trash

Re:Solar panels are starting to die, leaving behind toxic trash by jabirali on Sunday August 23, 2020 @03:31PM (#24254596)

I'm no fan of coal, but to be fair "integrated gasification combined cycle" plants [1] are way cleaner than conventional coal plants without violating laws of thermodynamics. You can drastically reduce emissions of e.g. heavy metals, sulphur oxides, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter, while being amenable to pre-combustion carbon capture.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_gasification_combin...

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Re:Solar panels are starting to die, leaving behind toxic trash by dpierce9 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @03:49PM (#24254726)

This is largely theoretical. The Kemper demo plant is a disaster in terms of massive cost overruns, many years of delays, and inconsequential net energy production. They ultimately abandoned the project.

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