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WanderingEng · 1612 days ago · link · · parent · post: Something funny is about to happen to some prices
It doesn't even need to be a mountaintop as is the case with Ludington pumped storage in Michigan. Another thing is transmission. If you have a lot of sun it doesn't mean everyone does. It's darker to the west as the sun rises. Building wires from generation in one place to load somewhere else has a long history. It's still a question of money. Want to move power from Ohio to Indiana? Ok. Want to move it from Ohio to Oregon? Unlikely.