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Throck

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2. Actually the cells are more efficient at colder temperatures.

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 11:07 PM

Feb 2021

The problem is the lower solar run hours.

At higher temps the cells break down.

I've always thought a combination of solar and wind at the same geographic location would provide for local self sufficiency. Good for islands and remote villages.

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Solar Energy Doesn't Work In The Cold [View all] ItsjustMe Feb 2021 OP

I really like the Swedish and Norwegian designs. Blue_true Feb 2021 #1

I thought the angle of the solar panel has something to do with the angle of the sun Hamlette Feb 2021 #17

Some people get trackers so your panels can follow the sun womanofthehills Feb 2021 #40

If you notice carefully, the design has solar panels on both sides of a "V" Blue_true Feb 2021 #56

Actually the cells are more efficient at colder temperatures. Throck Feb 2021 #2

They work better in the cold, so long as they aren't covered by snow or ice. Klaralven Feb 2021 #5

I am in the market for a solar panel snow rake. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #7

I think the general advice is to let it melt or blow off Klaralven Feb 2021 #8

Right now, I have 3-4" of frozen snow on the panels. Temps are below freezing, so very low output. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #10

How to Clean Snow off Solar Panels? Klaralven Feb 2021 #12

Interesting... OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #14

You'd.be surprised how much light penetrates 4" of snow. Throck Feb 2021 #29

google it. my clients have used the squeegie type. garybeck Feb 2021 #25

I use a microfiber window cleaner that has a squeege on the other side dv421 Feb 2021 #42

Excellent! Nt garybeck Feb 2021 #59

They work in freakin space and on Mars! Dustlawyer Feb 2021 #47

Right- you actually get more power when it's colder nt coti Feb 2021 #13

Yes exactly... diverdownjt Feb 2021 #41

Also Mars.... RockRaven Feb 2021 #3

Imagine that. flying rabbit Feb 2021 #4

Or in the cold of Earth orbit Klaralven Feb 2021 #6

Cool. Carter tried to get us to renewable energy tech in the mid-70's, but way too much $ OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #9

Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the roof of the White House, only to have them removed by Reagan AdamGG Feb 2021 #22

Worse than that, the Dept of Energy got booted out of the Cabinet. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #23

Can't tell you when the last time that I heard about "Telstar" What was the name of the big.... EarnestPutz Feb 2021 #34

Was it Echo? yonder Feb 2021 #36

Yep, just googled it and that's the name. Echo I and Echo II in the early sixties. I remember..... EarnestPutz Feb 2021 #45

Don't forget that fantastic instrumental "Telstar" by the Tornados (1962) erronis Feb 2021 #54

Also Jupiter. The Juno mission is 5x farther from the Sun than Earth is. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #37

They probably want to send a satellite to the sun. When told it's too hot, "go at night"!! George II Feb 2021 #11

Good one! TryLogic Feb 2021 #26

Source: the Marjorie Taylor Greene Institute of Energy Resources Blue Owl Feb 2021 #15

I saw a video of her on Twitter wnylib Feb 2021 #30

(facepalms hard enough to shatter bone) Grokenstein Feb 2021 #32

Don't know what other garbage she is spewing. wnylib Feb 2021 #39

Solar and Wind energy work there bc their populations are homogenous, White people. No minorities. Yavin4 Feb 2021 #16

Repukes are greedy idiots burrowowl Feb 2021 #18

I'm sure they'll blame it on Antifa next. tclambert Feb 2021 #19

Of course it doesn't work when your skull is too thick to absorb sunlight. n/t thenelm1 Feb 2021 #20

Antifa made snow, right? rickyhall Feb 2021 #21

Only when snow is bad! Grokenstein Feb 2021 #33

solar panels produce more power in colder temperatures garybeck Feb 2021 #24

Well, it doesn't work well when covered with snow. NNadir Feb 2021 #27

It's working out really well for me and my neighbors in NM womanofthehills Feb 2021 #43

2045 possibly?? Karma13612 Feb 2021 #61

Let's hear them explain how thousands of satellites work at minus 450deg-F. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #28

And I just looked out my window at the spinning wind turbines here sinkingfeeling Feb 2021 #31

Near the poles they'll have seasons with more sunlight IronLionZion Feb 2021 #35

And what about this ?? packman Feb 2021 #38

My solar panels are kicking ass right now in Texas. texasfiddler Feb 2021 #44

Are you paid for your net contribution to the grid? BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #50

Not as much as I'd like. texasfiddler Feb 2021 #60

Do you have a battery bank for when the grid drops? NickB79 Feb 2021 #53

I have two separate systems texasfiddler Feb 2021 #62

Uh? Mars? Hangdog Slim Feb 2021 #46

Nope on Voyager(s) ga_girl Feb 2021 #48

On a Faux Noise business report I saw a few years ago, BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #49

So! it doesn't work in Idiotland. Anyone surprised? usaf-vet Feb 2021 #51

so do wind turbines if they have the right transmission oils . AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #52

Right wingers not getting even the basics of science treestar Feb 2021 #55

It's working at my house cpamomfromtexas Feb 2021 #57

You rock twodogsbarking Feb 2021 #58