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The article states that it works for suboptimal situations with shade and reflections and whatnot.
by colordrops 5y ago
The article states that it works for suboptimal situations with shade and reflections and whatnot.
- qayxc 5y agoWhich is cool and all, but it's not like you don't know the exact environment before you install solar panels...
- colordrops 5y agoYes, but that's a different topic. And isn't this just an exploratory project rather than an engineering effort or scientific research? But even then, I got panels on my roof last year. A nearby tree that was trimmed when we installed them and now the shade partially covers panels in the morning. If we had gimbles perhaps they'd be more efficient. Maybe not, and maybe we should trim the tree, but the point is that perhaps there is a use case that hasn't been thought of yet. Say, dropping cells on mars in a relatively unknown environment.