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Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition." (futurism.com)
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[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"it's easy to drop at a place that has grid connections"

Funny, because solar or literally any other plant will also benefit from having existing connections, and all of them are easier and cheaper to build than nuclear.

Nuclear is dead but for niche applications.

this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2026
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