Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to US News@lemy.lolEnglish · 14 days ago$2.2 billion solar plant in California scheduled to be turned off after years of wasted money: ‘Never lived up to its promises’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up14cross-posted to: conservative
arrow-up14external-link$2.2 billion solar plant in California scheduled to be turned off after years of wasted money: ‘Never lived up to its promises’nypost.comAmoxtli@thelemmy.club to US News@lemy.lolEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square2linkfedilinkcross-posted to: conservative
minus-squaremanualoverride@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoTLDR: this was solar mirror collectors, that heated central water towers to run steam generators. Solar PV is far more efficient and now much cheaper. Ending investment on failed technology and instead investing in solar PV is a good decision.
TLDR: this was solar mirror collectors, that heated central water towers to run steam generators. Solar PV is far more efficient and now much cheaper.
Ending investment on failed technology and instead investing in solar PV is a good decision.