‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm (www.theguardian.com)

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A community turns on itself over the aptly named Mammoth solar project, a planned $1.5bn power field nearly the size of Manhattan

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[-] Donk@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 months ago

the bird issues in the desert were probably unique to the ivanpah test generators that focus a large numbers of mirrors at a single point to heat a molten salt powered generator. The idea behind them is the molten salt retains the heat and can be used to continue power generation throughout the night as well as the day.

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

The fact that feature isn't seen as valuable makes solar power look deeply unserious.

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