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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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