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Breakthrough in Tenant Solar Energy: Cheaper and Flexible, Even with Grid Backup(drive.google.com)
1 points by Things4People 2y ago|1 comments
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by Things4People 2y ago
We’ve developed a method for tenants to use solar energy produced on their landlord’s roof at a lower cost than grid electricity, while still maintaining the flexibility to keep their own electricity provider for non-sunny days. Our solutio
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by Things4People 4y ago
In Germany, for example, the current problem is that there are too few skilled workers to drive forward the energy transition. There is a lack of qualified fitters who could install photovoltaics.
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Ask HN: Labor shortage – what should we do?
1 points by Things4People 4y ago|4 comments
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by Things4People 4y ago
That's a good point! But how can the technology develop if no one would invest in it? Do you know anything about the whole life cycle of solar energy? I would be really interested to know more about it.
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by Things4People 4y ago
How could this be changed?
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by Things4People 4y ago
Actually the EU is thinking about exactly doing this. https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/renewable-energy/solar-en...
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by Things4People 4y ago
Wow! Thanks for the great explanation!
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by Things4People 4y ago
It would be great if they could achieve this goal. What options do you see that could be used right away?
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Ask HN: What is the biggest challenge for solar energy?
18 points by Things4People 4y ago|42 comments
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by Things4People 4y ago
Looks great. What is the use case?
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by Things4People 4y ago
> Thanks for your source. I will update the number!
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by Things4People 4y ago
Many deaf people have poor grammar because American Sign Language (ASL) greatly simplifies and, in some cases, omits things that are not really needed to convey an idea. To a deaf person subtitles are is overly verbose and the word order i
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Show HN: Subtitles are not the same as sign language(signlvideo.xyz)
18 points by Things4People 4y ago|54 comments
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by Things4People 4y ago
Yes, that is the total number (World Health Organisation) of people who are deaf or have hearing problems worldwide. And yes there are lots of different languages, which can make it hard to translate things digitally.
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by Things4People 4y ago
Status quo: https://www.signlvideo.xyz/
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by Things4People 4y ago
Thanks for your question. We're currently in the prototyping phase, trying to figure out if there's a real need for this product. We're able to simplify the process by using real human experts, which makes it easy and conven
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by Things4People 4y ago
Wow - thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts with us! There are a lot of good examples in your text which makes it really easy to understand that there is a real difference. Do you have an idea why people nobody is taking care of that prob
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Ask HN: Subtitles are not the same as sign language
3 points by Things4People 4y ago|10 comments