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[-] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago

Well molten salt batteries are a thing, I'm presuming this is to buffer the output of the solar and that the losses were deemed acceptable given the renewable nature of this.

[-] RedSnt@feddit.dk 4 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, you can store the molten salt and its heat for when it's needed even at night. But it is used to drive a turbine hehe

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