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Sahara Desert is terrible for solar panels, and is why so many researchers are experimenting with molten salt and superheated steam. Solar panels lose efficien
by dragontamer 3y ago
Sahara Desert is terrible for solar panels, and is why so many researchers are experimenting with molten salt and superheated steam.
Solar panels lose efficiency when hot. The best locations are sunny but cool, like Germany. Not deserts
- MilStdJunkie 3y agoMan, there's got to be some passive cooling Einstein-Szilard hijinks that could be gotten on the backside of those hot-climate panels. Seems like a pity if not . . although, devil's advocate, solar viability more or less hinges on dirt-cheap panels, and having some kind of whiz-bang passive cooling on the backside is going to screw with that a whole bunch.
- dragontamer 3y agoI dunno. Solar power is solar power. I don't care if it's a bunch of mirrors pointed at molten salt, or if it's from a silicon panel. What I only really care about is efficacy, efficiency, and power numbers. The mirrors and salt thing is surprisingly doable. There's a few plants in various deserts that prove it to be cost effective.