alt Hacker NewsI would be nice to see it be a nighttime base-load provider, but I think it has been kneecapped for so long in so many different ways, that it is effectively a dead technology (in the US at least).
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aliasxneo • today at 3:52 PM
What do you mean by "dead technology"? It powers a large number of U.S. warships.
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Current stats put it at 18.6%: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
It's a little less than renewables and a little more than coal.
> I would be nice to see it be a nighttime base-load provider
The bigger issue with Solar is the dramatic difference in generation between the summer and winter. So not only do you need something for "nighttime," you also need something for "winter."