Solar is so diffuse, just bringing it to where people need it has doubled the price purely in transmission infrastructure costs.
Reference: Australia - the place that’s supposed to be solar’s poster child has more than doubled electricity prices in the last three to four years because, unsurprisingly (we were warned), getting solar and wind to where they’re needed turns out to be incredibly expensive.
Density is the concern we all have for solar.
Solar is so diffuse, just bringing it to where people need it has doubled the price purely in transmission infrastructure costs.
Reference: Australia - the place that’s supposed to be solar’s poster child has more than doubled electricity prices in the last three to four years because, unsurprisingly (we were warned), getting solar and wind to where they’re needed turns out to be incredibly expensive.