Solar is really the star of the show. It is getting incredibly cheap, increasingly automated, and are expected to last 30-40 years while retaining >80% generation capacity. Funnily enough, the US is losing in this area to India. They aren’t even trying to compete with China at this point.
Even better, you can literally slap a bunch of them in the desert and improve the soil quality and plant diversity. It’s a great way to fight desertification for no additional effort.
Solar is really the star of the show. It is getting incredibly cheap, increasingly automated, and are expected to last 30-40 years while retaining >80% generation capacity. Funnily enough, the US is losing in this area to India. They aren’t even trying to compete with China at this point.
For sure, solar turns out to be just incredibly cheap to deploy. The really neat part is that solar farms can also be good for agriculture. https://www.statkraft.com/newsroom/explained/agrivoltaics-combining-solar-panels-and-agriculture/
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/10/10/large-scale-pv-has-positive-environmental-effect-on-desert-areas/
Even better, you can literally slap a bunch of them in the desert and improve the soil quality and plant diversity. It’s a great way to fight desertification for no additional effort.
yup