Solar panel projects, which many have outstripped this and other projects in power limitations, do not boil water to generate electricity.
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Akh@lemmy.world 23 hours agoI love that deep down, coal, gas, nuclear, this thing… all done to heat water, make steam, use steam to turn turbines…. We are just in a steampunk universe
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 21 hours ago
MoffKalast@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
lauha@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
And wind turbines, and hydroelectric plants.
But all but solar cells are pretty much turbines all the way down
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Hydroelectric power stations still rely on steam, it’s just in another part of the cycle.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
What? Hydroelectric power stations use gravity and the falling or flowing water makes the turbines turn.
Thermal plants (nuclear, coal, gas), including solar thermal plants, use steam.
lauha@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
And to be fair, those none steam sources, i.e. hydro, wind and solar are all just solar basically.
wewbull@feddit.uk 13 hours ago
Well there hydro power, where we just skip the boiling part and have water turn turbines.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
What about tidal?
sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
terrible platform
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
sometimes birds turn turbines, what when they fall down with the water.
Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 hours ago
Supercritical CO2 turbine be like: whatup
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
Yeah but, really all these are just turbinepunk because in the end we’re pushing the turbine either by using steam or natural wind.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Hey man I just want warm noodles
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 20 hours ago
This is the revelation my mustache has been waiting for.
BC_viper@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Image
Always has been.