• TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club
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    18 hours ago

    The current problem with mass solar plants is that they lose a good chunk of the stored energy before it is distributed to where it goes. Obviously far better than coal, but the panels need to be at the source of where they need to go, hence why roof top solar panels on buildings are great idea. Wind power is a lot more efficient, but it isn’t like we can all plonk big windmills on our roofs.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      8 hours ago

      Solar energy isn’t magic. Power efficiency losses are the same for all power generation sources.