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minus-squareImgurRefugee114@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoWait til you hear about all the different technologies we use to generate electricity
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoIt’s just turning water into steam again, isn’t it
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days ago99% spinning a generator and 1% direct solar panels
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoI am still giddy when I think about the way solar panels work. Still feels futuristic to me :3
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoHey, hasn’t that panel number been going up lately?
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·26 days agoThe amount of panels has been. Unfortunately as always our demand also keep increasing.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoKardashev level 1 here we goo!
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoTo heat power the super-AI!
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days ago yep, that’s right - it goes in the square hole we’re boiling water!
minus-squareImgurRefugee114@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoYou’re right! Sometimes we let the kinetic energy of the liquid water itself spin the turbine, when we’re feeling freaky.
minus-squarerain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoall of these, and gas turbines too, are synchronous. some wind turbines are almost-synchronous and some use giant inverters which is probably one of bigger mass uses of power electronics today
Wait til you hear about all the different technologies we use to generate electricity
It’s just turning water into steam again, isn’t it
99% spinning a generator and 1% direct solar panels
I am still giddy when I think about the way solar panels work. Still feels futuristic to me :3
Hey, hasn’t that panel number been going up lately?
The amount of panels has been. Unfortunately as always our demand also keep increasing.
Kardashev level 1 here we goo!
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heatpower the super-AI!it’s not all steam
You’re right! Sometimes we let the kinetic energy of the liquid water itself spin the turbine, when we’re feeling freaky.
all of these, and gas turbines too, are synchronous. some wind turbines are almost-synchronous and some use giant inverters which is probably one of bigger mass uses of power electronics today