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by Night_Thastus 895 days ago
Given the small area of the islands and the less-than-flat terrain, I'm surprised they went solar. Have hydro turbines been considered?
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Hawaii is not known for its rivers.

You don't need flat terrain for solar. China is papering over entire mountains with panels. https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/sd88u7/s...

Impressive and frightening. Trying to patch an ecological horror with an ecological horror.
You need less area than you might think for Solar. Especially somewhere that is sunny like Hawaii.