I Cast FistHow solar panels generate electricity
Gladaed(these are solar thermic power plants, their panels are black and usually assisted by mirrors leading to a similar look)
SaveTheTuaHawkSolar thermal concentrators, they get so hot they have to use liquid metal.
Didn’t this exact plant go bankrupt due to solar panels being so much more efficient?
If you mean the Vegas one, then yes it’s closing, don’t know if it’s gone bankrupt exactly.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
The facility, though cost effective at the time it was planned (2009), is now twice as expensive to run as solar photovoltaic technology, which has decreased in price much more rapidly than was expected in the 15 years since Ivanpah’s construction began.
Well that makes no sense, I need it shut down to get Euclid’s C-Finder to work.
No worry. Just throw a bug report at Bethesda, wait a few years for them to do diddly squat, bitch on all forums and then wait until a modder fixes it.
I think that’s what they called a First Generation generator.
The ones in use now will actually use sunlight to melt salt (than then is used to generate steam) rather than directly generating the steam which has way more capacity to store heat, so they have a solar conversion efficiency of between 38% and 44%, plus the molten salt can keep on being used to generate steam during the night until it cools down enough.