mxeffFeb 6

If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky.

https://feddit.org/post/25441188

Show threadA_Chilean_CyborgFeb 7

Yeah about that.

Those are termosolar powerplant, they use the sun to boil water and spin a turbine.

Show threadT156Feb 7
Although they’re falling out of use these days, both because they’re not very environmentally friendly on account of being instant bird death-rays, and also because regular solar panels are cheap enough that it’s not worth it to make a big thermosolar plant.
Show threadA_Chilean_Cyborg

Idk, my country just inaugurated a gigantic one of these.

Also, fotovoltaic pannels decay with time and have to be replaced, 15 years I think? Their manufacturing isn’t also the greenest thing on earth.

You build one of these, and you can run it for a long long time.

Feb 7 at 5:47amWeb
Show threadasg101Feb 7

fotovoltaic pannels decay with time and have to be replaced, 15 years I think?

much longer: slashgear.com/…/solar-panel-lifespan-longer-new-s…

New Study Suggests Solar Panels Could Last Even Longer Than We Thought - SlashGear

The latest research from Switzerland show that high-quality solar panels constructed in the 1980s and 1990s are still performing well today.

SlashGear
Show threaddrosophilaFeb 7

15 years I think

This number gets lower every time I see it.

First, manufacturers typically guarantee their panels for 25 to 30 years.

Second, while we can extrapolate from existing data and perform accelerated aging tests, we’re actually not completely sure how long PV panels last in the real world because the oldest ones from 1987 are still going.

30-year-old solar panels still going strong

Reliabilities of modules manufactured in the late 1980s and early 1990s provide design lessons for modern photovoltaics

Chemistry World
Show threaduntorquerFeb 7

Lies! Well the thermal plant is also fine but photovoltaics are really, really good.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

Let's learn and grow. New things are cool!Links 'n' stuff down below. Lots of links.First, the "clean version." Please pass that around.https://youtu.be/Zgxb...

YouTube
Show threadpsudFeb 7

The usual warranty period is 20 years generating 80% of the nameplate generating Watts

They keep generating reasonable amounts of power 50 or 100 years later, though they tend to get overtaken by new technology in 10 to 20 years, and since they pay for themselves in about 4 years in my area they get replaced while still working well

I think we export our obsolete panels to developing nations