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For real this time, NSF, I swear it's the last time. (mander.xyz)
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[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago

They already do this fyi. Solar plants tend to use mirrors that concentrate light to heat water and turn a turbine instead of actual solar panels. Amazingly, iirc converting light into heat, the heat into steam, and then the steam into kinetic energy, is still more efficient than a normal photovoltaic cells.

[-] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

And if you wanna go big you use liquid salt instead of boring old water.

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