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So we could get the best of both worlds (optimal light incidence angle and heat dissipation) with floating solar on a pond or lake?
by woleium 3y ago
So we could get the best of both worlds (optimal light incidence angle and heat dissipation) with floating solar on a pond or lake?
- ReptileMan 3y agoOr pipes of cold water running under the panel to generate heat for showering
- HPsquared 3y agoCombined heat and power!
- bloomingeek 3y agoWow and wow! I've been wanting to jump into a home solar system, I just think there's to many inefficiencies. Hopefully this is the way solar will evolve in the near future.
- Taek 3y agoDon't let perfect be the enemy of good, solar already makes a lot of sense and is good for the environment.
- jonhohle 3y agoCoolPV is a system like this for heating pools.
- defrost 3y agoand reduced evaporation of water storage. This already being done on dams in the UK and Spain (or was it Portugal? Maybe both.)
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoOr building solar farms in places that have cold winters and cool summers, but lots of sun? e.g. the great plains of North America.
- woleium 3y agoi imagine the 2% benefits will be outweighed by the energy distribution cost. even at very high voltage those wires are resistors