• frezik@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    If only Las Vegas were located somewhere that the sun shines almost all day every day. \s

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      4 months ago

      I highly doubt the operating hours of this ball of decadence match the time when solar power peaks

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          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.

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          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.

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      4 months ago

      If only the creators of the ball had enough profit coming in to put up more solar panels and build up a battery bank for the night so they wouldn’t take anything from the grid…