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The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of production capacity this year, up 53% on new capacity in 2022 and helped by investment incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, a report published on Thursday showed.

32 GW is a lot. The average thermal coal generating station in the US is 1GW and these stations have an average capacity of 50%. That means that this colar prodution capacity enables us to displace 64 coal stations during the daytime if consumption does not grow.

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[–] zoe@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

200w capacity in 1 square meter ? rather use windmills instead (especially offshore)

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or just put them in places where people can't live easily, like the desert, which is what's being done. Also, we can do both!

[–] zoe@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

excessive heat makes panel inefficient. they need to be cool to reach maximum efficiency (at 26°c) .. might as well install them offshore..but still, remote place is best place

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

solar actually gets a greater power density. most wind projects in the US get about 2.5 MW/km^2