In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
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Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#2everything that goes into real life is an aesthetic experience. it's not complicated. imo, you can either literally hide things from the public, or aesthetic concerns, like whether or not a piece of infrastructure's exterior is physically beautiful & attractive, becomes the #1 priority.
Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#3The dirty secret is of course that the Danish power grid would be totally unusable without the base power provided from Sweden and Norway.
They almost suffered a catastrophic shutdown a year or two ago and the situation has not improved
Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#4The dirty secret is of course that the Danish power grid would be totally unusable without the base power provided from Sweden and Norway. They almost suffered a catastrophic shutdown a year or two ago and the situation has not improved
Is that really a "dirty secret"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe_Synchronous... exists for good reason.
Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#5The dirty secret is of course that the Danish power grid would be totally unusable without the base power provided from Sweden and Norway. They almost suffered a catastrophic shutdown a year or two ago and the situation has not improved
The only dirty secret is that humans are happy to kill future generations as the effects of the oil economy will only minimally affect the people alive today.
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#6The dirty secret is of course that the Danish power grid would be totally unusable without the base power provided from Sweden and Norway. They almost suffered a catastrophic shutdown a year or two ago and the situation has not improved
Is that really a "dirty secret"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe_Synchronous... exists for good reason.
The power grids of US states are similarly linked. Very dirty.
Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#7Denmark could use floating sea solar.
Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#8The dirty secret is of course that the Danish power grid would be totally unusable without the base power provided from Sweden and Norway. They almost suffered a catastrophic shutdown a year or two ago and the situation has not improved
The Nordic grid was designed to work as an interconnected system though - Danish wind exports and Norwegian/Swedish hydro imports balance each other out. Calling it a "dirty secret" makes it sound like a failure when it's actually the intended architecture. Denmark is frequently a net electricity exporter.
Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#9Lived there. Baltic weather, not too sunny. Must be a great place for wind generation though.
Re: In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue
#10Northern Europe really is the energy armpit of the post-fossil world, although more so away from coasts.