By Peter Moore Canadian environmental groups are questioning the wisdom of a nuclear power comeback in Ontario and its expansion to the rest of Canada. Energy generating projects are included in the federal government’s Building Canada Act which plans to speed up infrastructure projects that are “in the national interest”. To date, neither Prime Minister …
Even if the score is kept off, there’s the angle of the Sun and cloud cover. There’s just less sunlight to be had, even if the panels are kept clear of snow.
Hell, Vancouver Island gets practically no snow at all in many areas, and solar does much worse in its cloudy/rainy season (winter).
Yes, per area solar potential isn’t always high, so you do need more paneled land for the same thing. It still comes out cheaper at this point IIRC. On the prairies it’s actually comparatively great, solar-loving Germany is more like BC.
In the arctic you’d have to store it for a full season, so they’re probably going to stick with other things in the near future, but that’s a small share of the population and demand.
In a large, fixed installation, maintaining a constant temperature should be no problem. They might actually have to cool it.
Molten metal batteries are also a technology in consideration for that reason.
Even if the score is kept off, there’s the angle of the Sun and cloud cover. There’s just less sunlight to be had, even if the panels are kept clear of snow.
Hell, Vancouver Island gets practically no snow at all in many areas, and solar does much worse in its cloudy/rainy season (winter).
Yes, per area solar potential isn’t always high, so you do need more paneled land for the same thing. It still comes out cheaper at this point IIRC. On the prairies it’s actually comparatively great, solar-loving Germany is more like BC.
In the arctic you’d have to store it for a full season, so they’re probably going to stick with other things in the near future, but that’s a small share of the population and demand.