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Minnesota solar project set to replace retiring coal plant reaches 710 MW (www.solarpowerworldonline.com)
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[–] 5 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Sorry, I might have gotten a little defensive there.

My point is if it supplements their energy consumption with cleaner energy it's a good thing.

Even if its for a couple minutes or a couple hours its a positive improvement.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    No worries. It is, if it replaces fossil fuels. But it soon gets tricky if it is supposed to be a stable source of energy. For that we'd need awful lot of energy storage, probably in some form of batteries (sodium perhaps). Today it's relatively easy to slap solar panels everywhere, but it's not that easy to provide energy outside of daylight.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    Yes we need to go further but, sometimes it feels like we make perfect the enemy of progress.

    I'd love to see a large public works project that aims to increase the energy storage capacity/development across the world.

    I don't feel like we get there by focusing on it not being a complete solution.

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