by toomuchtodo on 5/27/2025, 2:36:59 AM
by timonoko on 5/27/2025, 2:42:43 AM
Remember seeing such plant in 1980 in Nevada. Train conductor pointed it out and joked about cooked birds too. Very strange they built a new one, just when 10 watt panel was reduced from $100 to $10.
PV solar got cheap very fast, obsoleting thermal solar faster than expected (as well as higher than expected operations and maintenance costs at this installation).
https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth
https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/solar-panel-prices-...