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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoEither that or use it for temperature differential power generation. Although I guess you could use the power generated by the panels to run a heat pump to boil the water used for cooling too.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoRight on. and PV get’s less efficient when it gets hot, I’m unsure if there’s enough waste heat to do anything useful. but there is at least a marginally good reason to cool them.
Either that or use it for temperature differential power generation.
Although I guess you could use the power generated by the panels to run a heat pump to boil the water used for cooling too.
Right on. and PV get’s less efficient when it gets hot, I’m unsure if there’s enough waste heat to do anything useful. but there is at least a marginally good reason to cool them.