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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoThat’s actually very cool. There’s a lot of talk of molten salt energy storage anyway, and this just integrates it. Maybe it could be built closer to other renewables or cities, and use a big vat to store heat from other power sources, when needed. …Still, though. AFAIK, the (silver?) mirrors on mounted servos that have to be kept clean are a pretty significant fixed cost.
That’s actually very cool. There’s a lot of talk of molten salt energy storage anyway, and this just integrates it.
Maybe it could be built closer to other renewables or cities, and use a big vat to store heat from other power sources, when needed.
…Still, though.
AFAIK, the (silver?) mirrors on mounted servos that have to be kept clean are a pretty significant fixed cost.