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If wind energy is so much cheaper than solar energy, why has solar received more attention (from investors, the media, and the DOE) than wind?

April 26, 2017attention cheaper DOE investors media received solar solar energy wind

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If wind energy is so much cheaper than solar energy, why has solar received more attention (from investors, the media, and the DOE) than wind?

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Wind has been at a strong disadvantage with respect to solar because solar can often work well without energy storage. (The peak electrical power demand is at the same time the sun is shining strongly.) There hasn’t been a good energy storage solution until now – WindFuels. Also, the best wind resources are not close to where most electrical power is needed. (People would rather live in a sunny area than a very windy area.) Read more. Q-39. What do you think about cold fusion, Blacklight Power, water fuel, radio-frequency dissociation of water… ? Sorry. We’re serious scientists and engineers. While we can’t really say with 100% certainty that the first two concepts listed above (and possibly some other equally crazy sounding ideas) will never have any validity, we can say that ideas that are completely outside currently accepted science have zero chance of helping to solve our energy needs in the next six decades.