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The title is misleading, the technology (thermoelectric cooler) does not turn heat into electricity, but temperature gradients. It needs a nearby source of coo
by vermilingua 7y ago
The title is misleading, the technology (thermoelectric cooler) does not turn heat into electricity, but temperature gradients.
It needs a nearby source of cool to work, and when a solar panel is hot, oftentimes everything surrounding it is hot.
- BurningFrog 7y agoMy intuition says the shaded ground below it can be quite a bit colder. I have no real data...