alt Hacker NewsI brought up the mirror plant because the molten salt crucible is an example of an attempt to make solar work after hours. It wasn't viable.
Solar+storage is not a solved problem. The storage problem gets continually hand waived away in the conversations about how cheap solar is.
As I said in a sibling comment, I don't think the people running energy companies are stupid. If solar really was cheaper as a baseline power supply, what it needs to be to replace fossil fuels, they'd be doing it.
> If solar really was cheaper as a baseline power supply, what it needs to be to replace fossil fuels, they'd be doing it.
So, you haven't looked at what energy companies are doing for the last 3 years...