alt Hacker NewsExcept for solar collection that boils water to generate power.
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pfdietz • yesterday at 10:17 PM
It's not even competitive to use mirrors to get sunlight to heat water. PV is cheaper for that.
Except for solar collection that boils water to generate power.
It's not even competitive to use mirrors to get sunlight to heat water. PV is cheaper for that.
China just finished building some but it's a dead end technology.
It first lost to PV for daylight generation, then it fell back on storing the heat for use generating after sunset but cheap batteries made that obsolete too.