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[–] fidodo 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is it that they're inefficient or harder to maintain?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Heliostat's max efficiency estimates are like 70%, sun tracking panels 40%, static panels 20%.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

20% for static panels is fine though because they are spamable. They are cheap and you can just put them on roofs and parking lots.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Nobody was arguing anything otherwise, I was just answering questions about why we swap back to steam power for largescale. If you're powering some LEDs and a Toaster then yeah it's fine, if you're powering 10,000 then heliostat time.