← Back to context Comment by Ygg2 8 hours ago Except for solar collection that boils water to generate power. 2 comments Ygg2 Reply ZeroGravitas 6 hours ago China just finished building some but it's a dead end technology.It first lost to PV for daylight generation, then it fell back on storing the heat for use generating after sunset but cheap batteries made that obsolete too. pfdietz 1 hour ago It's not even competitive to use mirrors to get sunlight to heat water. PV is cheaper for that.
ZeroGravitas 6 hours ago China just finished building some but it's a dead end technology.It first lost to PV for daylight generation, then it fell back on storing the heat for use generating after sunset but cheap batteries made that obsolete too.
pfdietz 1 hour ago It's not even competitive to use mirrors to get sunlight to heat water. PV is cheaper for that.
China just finished building some but it's a dead end technology.
It first lost to PV for daylight generation, then it fell back on storing the heat for use generating after sunset but cheap batteries made that obsolete too.
It's not even competitive to use mirrors to get sunlight to heat water. PV is cheaper for that.