I often see posted about how covering a relatively small area in a desert with solar panels could power the world – but transferring that energy is too difficult. Why can’t we just use that to charge batteries and ship them places/ everywhere?
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We can, it just takes money.
Any major solar panel installation needs a way to time-dhift the energy. The sun shines during the day, but the highest air conditioning loads are when people get home from work and turn on the TV.
People use electricity past the time where the sun is high enough to make useful energy.
Tesla has built several successful time-shifting battery banks (huge). And these will likely be the main use of sodium-based batteries as soon as they re available.
Lithium looks like it will remain rhe best battery for vehicles for at least the next decade.
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