| ▲ | sudb 11 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
I was sure this couldn't be true but I couldn't find anything about high temperatures shutting down solar plants. But I did find something about a predicted grid overload during a sunny period requiring a solar plant to go offline: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/12/solar-fa... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | netsharc 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Just redirect the solar power to cool the water going out of the nuclear powerplant. "Just". My 4th grade physics knowledge is telling me this doesn't work, because the heat energy from the water still has to go somewhere... | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | toomuchtodo 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Because they need more battery storage, which Europe is rapidly building. | |||||||||||||||||
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