supersquirrel ( supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ) to Green Energy@slrpnk.net · 4 months agoSwitzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next?www.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up192file-text
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minus-squareTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE ( TimWardCam@c.im ) linkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago@Valmond @supersquirrel Ah, the reflection thing. There was concern about that in the vicinity of #Cambridge airport. But the really naïve response would be “surely the panels are designed to absorb sunlight, not reflect it?”
minus-squareValmond ( Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoAt certain angles it would be good to reflect light, as it cannot easily be absorbed and converted, and would otherwise just heat things up, which is not what you want for solar cells, they get very very hot already.
@Valmond @supersquirrel Ah, the reflection thing. There was concern about that in the vicinity of #Cambridge airport.
But the really naïve response would be “surely the panels are designed to absorb sunlight, not reflect it?”
At certain angles it would be good to reflect light, as it cannot easily be absorbed and converted, and would otherwise just heat things up, which is not what you want for solar cells, they get very very hot already.