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What Austin Vernon thinks about solar

@austin-vernon · 42 positions · 0 changes of mind

Engineer and investor who writes quantitative posts about how physical industries actually work — chemical plants, geothermal drilling, shipyards, thermal storage and the economics of low-volume manufacturing — at austinvernon.site.

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  1. Our readingA data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.

    Their wordsThe solar array sizes under these assumptions are prohibitively large.

    ↗How to Make Off Grid Data Centers Affordableaustinvernon.site 1st of 9 in this piece

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    Interesting

  3. Our readingLetting generators cover one per cent of the year is what makes an off-grid solar data centre affordable, because the last few gloomy days set the whole array size.

    Their wordsThe optimal scenario is typically when the generators supply 1% of yearly electricity (shown below).

    ↗How to Make Off Grid Data Centers Affordableaustinvernon.site 2nd of 9 in this piece

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    Interesting