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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

24/7 solar towers could double energy output

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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If you want to improve the output of solar energy systems, why not also run them at night? That's the question researchers in Qatar and Jordan addressed as they successfully devised a system that promises to more than double energy output of current solar power stations.
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    Nuclear energy isn’t threatened by this. It’s threatened by the fact that it’s impossible to build one at a profit.

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      That’s why factory fabricated microreactors are such a cool concept!

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        The cost of electricity from those is even more expensive than from conventional nuclear.

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        And by the time that concept becomes reality we’ll either be running 100% renewable energy or dead from climate change

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          Nope. Deployment of factory fabricated microreactors is planned for the 2030s.

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            Ah, plans! Well then, that’s a guarantee! No way they’ll hit unexpected roadblocks and go massively overbudget like every other nuclear project

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              You should educate yourself about GenIV reactors (designs, supply chains, costs…) before you embarrass yourself.

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                I don’t need to add to the embarrassment that is the nuclear industry

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