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		turtlebits 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Standard Thermal: Energy Storage 500x Cheaper Than... Mirrors require heliostats. PV panels are dirt cheap and dead simple. They're also portable. Wire a bunch of panels to a heating element and dunk it in sand/water/etc.

pfdietz 5 months ago [–]

And PV panels work with diffused sunlight; high concentration solar only works with direct sunlight.

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