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> because solar can switch itself off fast enough that any solar bidding a negative price to the market would just turn itself off Wouldn’t this make the panel
by Scoundreller 4y ago
> because solar can switch itself off fast enough that any solar bidding a negative price to the market would just turn itself off
Wouldn’t this make the panels hotter? I’m guessing they’d accept (or should accept) a slightly negative price but because that’s better than dumping the energy through the panels themselves via excess heating.
- sp332 4y agoI hadn't thought of that, but if the difference is only 5-10 C I don't think it going to hurt that much.
- cesarb 4y ago> but because that’s better than dumping the energy through the panels themselves via excess heating. That's not how solar panels turn themselves off, however. To turn a solar panel off, you just disconnect it. It will produce a voltage (which is why handling an uncovered solar panel can be a shock hazard), but no current. It's not dumping the power, it's actually producing no power in the first place (voltage times current is zero when the current is zero).
- Scoundreller 4y agoWhere does the sun’s energy go that is no longer going down the wire?