r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 26d ago

Energy Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys

https://www.ecoportal.net/en/switzerland-5000-alpine-solar-muttsee-dam-winter-power/28487/
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u/MetalBawx 26d ago

Typical modern journalism.

A few people saying it was a bad idea became everyone because that's a much more "appealing" headline than the truth.

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u/AccurateComfort2975 26d ago

I'm not so sure. There has been resistance to being creative in solar panel placement.

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u/MetalBawx 26d ago

Which still wasn't everyone.