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Doesn’t happen to solar plants.

• sudb 2mo ago
  I was sure this couldn't be true but I couldn't find anything about high temperatures shutting down solar plants. But I did find something about a predicted grid overload during a sunny period requiring a solar plant to go offline: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/12/solar-farm-forced-to-shut-derril-water-biggest-grid-overload-fears https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/12/solar-fa...
  • toomuchtodo 2mo ago
    Because they need more battery storage, which Europe is rapidly building.
    • sudb 2mo ago
      It can't come fast enough! I have a friend who works on battery storage in Europe and it sounds like an extremely busy time for them, which I'm glad for.
      • 2snakes 2mo ago
        Is it iron-air batteries?
  • netsharc 2mo ago
    Just redirect the solar power to cool the water going out of the nuclear powerplant. "Just". My 4th grade physics knowledge is telling me this doesn't work, because the heat energy from the water still has to go somewhere...
    • selimthegrim 2mo ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27782370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27782370
• Rygian 2mo ago
  Their nuclear reactor goes away every night though.
  • fragmede 2mo ago
    Obviously the solution to that is to put mirrors in space to reflect sunlight so their collectors also work at night.
    • sugarkjube 2mo ago
      Looks like someone had the same idea https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/reflect-orbital-just-got-permission-to-launch-its-1st-space-mirror-to-orbit-tens-of-thousands-more-could-follow https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/reflect-o...
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  • dotcoma 2mo ago
    Pair them with wind power, that tends to blow more at night, and with batteries like there's no tomorrow, because there isn't unless we wake up!
• vitally3643 2mo ago
  It does when it rains, or it's too cloudy, or it snows, or the panels are dirty. Or, y'know, nighttime.