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[–] silence7 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It makes a ton of sense from a land use perspective and avoided transmission perspective - you get to use an existing developed area instead of turning open space into solar, and you don't need to build transmission to get the power to the people. Most of the cost of electricity is transmission and distribution anyways, so this is a big deal