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pfdietztoday at 1:10 PM2 repliesview on HN

If solar continues to plummet in cost we may see distributed industry in rural areas, to take advantage of energy that is essentially stranded by transmission cost. Storage becomes even more important in this scenario.


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voakbasdatoday at 1:53 PM

In the US, this will never happen due to NIMBY zoning laws.

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pjc50today at 1:22 PM

Well, unless all the planned datacentres get built, using more electricity than some small countries.

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