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Re:Solar generates fifth of global electricity on summer sol... by epistasis on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:12PM (#40762667)
Once you add in the costs of additional transmission needed for utility scale solar, rooftop solar is extremely competitive.

Especially as transmission capital costs start to skyrocket, and solar capital costs plummet.

I have yet to see an economic argument in favor of utility scale solar over residential solar that takes into account the T&D upgrades necessary from utility scale solar.

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Re:Solar generates fifth of global electricity on summer sol... by bobthepanda on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:19PM (#40762722)
We will need both, or at least something else, since not every building has a rooftop that can generate sufficient solar.
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Re:Solar generates fifth of global electricity on summer sol... by epistasis on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:29PM (#40762788)
Agreed. I think we will also start to see lots of industrial sites that have their own utility scale installs that don't even feed back into the grid, and are used directly, and coupled with thermal or chemical storage.
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