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[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Is it that they're inefficient or harder to maintain?

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 7 months ago

Yes. Heliostat's max efficiency estimates are like 70%, sun tracking panels 40%, static panels 20%.

[-] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

20% for static panels is fine though because they are spamable. They are cheap and you can just put them on roofs and parking lots.

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 7 months ago

Nobody was arguing anything otherwise, I was just answering questions about why we swap back to steam power for largescale. If you're powering some LEDs and a Toaster then yeah it's fine, if you're powering 10,000 then heliostat time.

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