Which countries? The UK is famous for its cloudy weather, yet solar is feasible there. Finland and Sweden are building more and more solar. Not sure where you’re talking about.
Until a weather event blocks out most of the sunlight. An extreme scenario would be what happened to the dinosaurs, however smaller scale versions or that, such as large volcano eruptions, seem entirely possible and could heavily restrict the amount of sunlight you have access to for long periods of time.
Portugal lies in Southern Europe, we get plenty of sun, and we make heavy use of solar, but that still isn’t enough sometimes, and I’m pretty sure we sometimes get our energy from Spain, who themselves use nuclear.
Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Which countries? The UK is famous for its cloudy weather, yet solar is feasible there. Finland and Sweden are building more and more solar. Not sure where you’re talking about.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 months ago
UK has wind.
I’m taking east Europe for instance.
ticho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
FWIW, Baltic countries are going hard for solar, see lemmy.world/post/17098210
blimpkun@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Baltics powered by Finnish and Swedish nuclear.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Everyone is or at least tries to portray they are. Your article could be written for almost any country in the world.
But that doesn’t mean a country can be run on solar alone.
Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Why does eastern Europe get less sunlight?
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Less than Spain. There is a winter. Geography and suitable areas less common. Distribution network made for power plants.
Nuclear plants can be a better cost effective fit.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s like 3 am there
The_Terrible_Humbaba@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Until a weather event blocks out most of the sunlight. An extreme scenario would be what happened to the dinosaurs, however smaller scale versions or that, such as large volcano eruptions, seem entirely possible and could heavily restrict the amount of sunlight you have access to for long periods of time.
Portugal lies in Southern Europe, we get plenty of sun, and we make heavy use of solar, but that still isn’t enough sometimes, and I’m pretty sure we sometimes get our energy from Spain, who themselves use nuclear.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Darkovia has zero sun