Comment by aitchnyu
1 day ago
The Moore-like fall of solar+battery costs took away solar satellites, solar convection plants, submarine power cables and (widely deployed though) sun tracking hardware. Labour costs are becoming a bigger proportion so some installations plop panels on the ground than slant them to south (in northern hemisphere).
> Labour costs are becoming a bigger proportion so some installations plop panels on the ground than slant them to south (in northern hemisphere).
Even more than that: I was recently at GITEX Europe, and one of the startups* was pitching "they're so cheap, we should lay them flat for cheaper installation and maintenance".
* Their name was something like "slant solar" or "tilt solar", as they had initially thought of doing exactly what you say, but I can't exactly recall the name.
Solar roadways might get the last laugh!
Just so long as they don't try to be absolutely everything to everyone this time.