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    4 hours ago

    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.