Sep 252015
 

A graphic showing the relative footprints of nuclear, solar and wind facilities for the same approximate power output.

Solar plants could improve substantially in efficiency, perhaps gaining two or three times as much energy per unit area. Wind, though, is probably about as efficient as it is going to get. Nukes could potentially get smaller.

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