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RE: ADSactly Tech News - Will Solar Power Become the Dominant Power Source on Planet Earth Someday?
The problem has always got to do with how to effectively store the energy efficiently. The battery technology we have today is limited. No matter how much energy us harvested, we have to deal with the technology of battery which is not advancing that much compared to the world's need for more energy. The world is becoming more power-hungry with each passing day. There is only a limited amount of energy the current battery tech could handle. Out of the 3.86 x 1026 of watts of energy produced daily from the sun, about 1.74 x 1017 watts gets to the earth. The Sun's energy is massive, the world's solar energy installed capacity is currently somewhere within the neighbourhood of 305GW, that is much less than 1% of Sun's daily energy output!
We have to learn how to use electricity more wisely, when it is produced by the sun.
I am always of the opinion that it is always cheaper to reduce power consumption by running a much energy efficient system than upscaling a renewable system such as a solar power setup.
I agree with you that the biggest problem is finding a way to store this abundant energy as batteries simply arent up to the task at this point in time. Through my research I've found that converting elements to methane is one possibility or creating other hydrogen based fuels through the electricity generated from the sun are possibilities.
I'd read up on the methane conversion angle. Thank you.