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minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·17 days 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-up6·edit-217 days 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-up2·17 days 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-up1·17 days agoSo what are you saying exactly? With what issue would using hydrogen help?
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoNight? Longer periods of cloudy days or storms?
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoSo we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoHydroelectric is great where it is available, but it’s again limited by landscape and other factors in use
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI’m just talking about winter vs summer capacity in desert solar installations.
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?
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…
Hydroelectric is great where it is available, but it’s again limited by landscape and other factors in use
I’m just talking about winter vs summer capacity in desert solar installations.