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minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·16 hours agoThat’s funny, but modern solar panel power plants don’t care that it’s winter. The panels rotate and an arid area isn’t getting that much more cloud cover.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-215 hours agoThe article says the ones it talks about do. Also, rotating panels can’t stop days from being shorter during winter.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoI’m not saying it’s not lower. I’m saying it’s not nearly as big of a deal as people say it is.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoSo what are you saying exactly? With what issue would using hydrogen help?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI’m just talking about winter vs summer capacity in desert solar installations.
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoNight? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoSo we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…
That’s funny, but modern solar panel power plants don’t care that it’s winter. The panels rotate and an arid area isn’t getting that much more cloud cover.
The article says the ones it talks about do. Also, rotating panels can’t stop days from being shorter during winter.
I’m not saying it’s not lower. I’m saying it’s not nearly as big of a deal as people say it is.
So what are you saying exactly? With what issue would using hydrogen help?
I’m just talking about winter vs summer capacity in desert solar installations.
Night? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?
So we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…