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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 gr

by 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