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jranalli / solarspatialtools

Library of tools used to support spatial analyses of solar energy
https://solarspatialtools.readthedocs.io
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Fixed energy density #15

Closed AdamRJensen closed 1 month ago

AdamRJensen commented 1 month ago

https://github.com/jranalli/solarspatialtools/blob/6cc100812662f9319de72ebceed29294fde65621/joss2024/paper.md?plain=1#L29

The statement "earth's surface with a fixed energy density" seems questionable. The energy density varies significantly diurnally and with cloud cover. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the sentence?

AdamRJensen commented 1 month ago

Maybe instead say "with a relative low energy density"

jranalli commented 1 month ago

The intent was to say that the solar energy resource density is determined by factors outside of our control and, unlike fossil fuels for example, we can't transport it all to a big central generation facility; to generate more power, we need to add more widely distributed collector area.

But I think your phrasing would make sense as a way of explaining the point, so I changed it in the latest commit.

jranalli commented 1 month ago

I saw you closed the other paper text comment, so I'm going to assume this was ok as well. Happy to keep editing if you have continued concerns with the new phrasing.