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High temperatures also severely affect solar panel efficiency.
by xinayder 2mo ago
High temperatures also severely affect solar panel efficiency.
- acdha 2mo agoThat’s like 0.3-5% per C° so even at extreme temperatures you’re talking like -15% — and that’s happening when it’s extremely sunny so you’re talking 85% or better, not a 15 point reduction off of an already limited panel. Nuclear costs so much more that renewables and batteries can be overprovisioned to compensate and still be massively cheaper, not to mention online a decade or more earlier.