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Solar power has begun to transform the world’s energy system

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353 points dmazin | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source
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arh5451 ◴[09 Jul 25 13:30 UTC] No.44509839[source]▶
Nice article explaining solar energy policy. I think the article still doesn't address the mismatch between solar energy production and consumption, which needs to be filled by storage mechanisms. Also would have been nice to have a critical look at how the Chinese were able to corner the Solar market via state sponsored means.
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ErigmolCt ◴[10 Jul 25 07:00 UTC] No.44518128[source]▶
Storage is the elephant in the solar-powered room
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1. marcosdumay ◴[10 Jul 25 16:38 UTC] No.44522860[source]▶
Storage is something that close to nobody demands today, so up to 3 years ago anybody trying to sell it automatically failed.

Still close to nobody demands it today, and a few people are already successfully selling it. So I don't see where you found a problem here.