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"This website runs on a solar powered server located in Barcelona, and will go off-line during longer periods of bad weather." - https://solar.lowtechmagazine.c

• kitd 5y ago
  I feel a backup wind generator could solve much of that problem.
  • Faaak 5y ago
    An extra solar panel would be cheaper per w I'm pretty sure
• Syonyk 5y ago
  They've done some analysis, it's not really that clean, once you count embodied energy. https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website.html https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is...
  • montalbano 5y ago
    Embodied carbon is amortised over time, and is not considered for the Spanish grid comparison, as noted in the article, unless I missed it later on?
  • squarefoot 5y ago
    True, but... From the server's data: Power used 2.62W With these figures they could easily rely on used solar panels and batteries, therefore adding nothing to the environmental cost of building new ones and reducing the impact of recycling them by increasing their active life. Gradual repurposing of used cells and batteries to less demanding uses should be always considered before sending them to recycling. I do this all time with normal batteries, including non rechargeable ones such as alkalines: a battery that can't supply a toy with motors anymore will likely work in a small radio, and the one which is becoming too weak to supply a radio can work for some months in a TV remote.
• gknoy 5y ago
  I realize this is almost completely off-topic for the article, but I really like the way this website communicates the server's charge levels with color and indicators as a percent of the page's visible area.