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It would also be pretty difficult to use solar in Murmansk, Russia, for about a quarter of the year (it's within the arctic circle, so the sun is below the hori
by SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
It would also be pretty difficult to use solar in Murmansk, Russia, for about a quarter of the year (it's within the arctic circle, so the sun is below the horizon for most (or all near the solstice) of the day during the winter.
And it can actually be less efficient if there's too much sun, solar panel efficiency decreases with temperature. Solar thermal also depends on temperature differential, so if the environment around the plant is too hot the efficiency drops.
- bdauvergne 9y agoNoboby wants to live in Murmansk.
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoTrue, but I'm being pedantic about the use of "anywhere". Also it's a pretty important port for Russia, though of course the population is small at only 300k people.
- mac01021 9y agoBut some people do live there. Either they want to or they're trapped.
- zeckalpha 9y agoDuring a separate quarter of the year, the sun is above the horizon for most of the day.