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China turns on 'world record' solar farm big enough to power Luxembourg

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Just to put this into perspective - Luxembourg is really really tiny, and if MS Copilot data and calculations are to be believed it accounts for 0.23% of the average yearly power consumption of the European Union in total. so take that for what it's worth.

So, if this solar farm takes about 200,000 acres or circa 800km2 of land to achieve the above figure, such solar farms would take around 350,000km2 of land or something the size of Germany to power the entire EU.

Using the surface of Germany to power the entirety of the EU with solar power would be a real achievement. Even just powering Luxembourg is a project of a scale and return that it's worth looking at.

but what would we do with the Germans then? :)

They can live under the solar panels. Matrix style.

    It was us that covered the sky. At the time they were dependent on fossil power and it was believed that we would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun.

Man i remember the days when it was the dream to have a single farm in the desert big enough to power whole countries.

Is it because China did it, or because Elon is mentioned in the article that i have to spit on the achievement?

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