Right. Like damn, get real. We gonna have 50-story towers decorating the landscape for every 73 homes?? It doesn’t even make sense for extremely remote and impoverished locations due to the amount of materials it needs (cost).
Comment on 24/7 solar towers could double energy output
nulluser@programming.dev 6 months ago
researchers designed a model that could generate 753 MWh of energy annually. That’s enough to power roughly 753 homes for about five weeks
Why can’t the writers of these articles make useful comparisons? Can they just not do basic math? Each tower can generate enough electricity for about 72 homes… period. Just say that. No apples and oranges required.
CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 months ago
felbane@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Exactly. If you’re going to build an incredibly tall structure to generate power in the desert, wind makes much more sense.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Or a mirror based solar power tower.
SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
because saying you’d need to build a power plant for every 72 homes would not make the technology very attractive
onion@feddit.de 6 months ago
Power plants that are insufficient for powering a single home are quite popular right now
felbane@lemmy.world 6 months ago
cries in ITER