However in the article's example there is only negative power savings as the plants used to get fed for free from the sun, now they're consuming electricity from the grid.
Now that might be recoverable via reductions in waste and lower water consumption (see article) but it isn't automatically a net win, it might be a net loss overall. Need data.
Now that might be recoverable via reductions in waste and lower water consumption (see article) but it isn't automatically a net win, it might be a net loss overall. Need data.