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Australia struggling with oversupply of solar power (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 3 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well ya we could definitely use the excess energy to desalinize and then try and find a use for that one plant that handles over capacity. Millions of people rely on it for clean water, but today we mostly just dump it back into the ocean which causes problems and isn't a long term solution.

It's just not a solution to the problem at scale, more like a band aid. But it could buy enough time to build more batteries.