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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And yet they still couldn't cover the last 30%.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Regardless, that energy could be going to offset other energy currently being produced by non-renewables no matter which way you slice it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

So build concentrated solar power and store the heat for after the sun sets. Bonus - thermal power plant turbines give inertia to the grid, which photo-voltaics don't.