▲ 613 ▼ Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades (www.ecoticias.com) submitted 9 months ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/technology@slrpnk.net 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (4 children) Why does it matter? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 9 months ago (2 children) I wanna power an entire city with a panel the size of a postsge stamp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago The maximum amount of solar energy that reaches the ground is about 1000w per square meter. Unless you circumvent the laws of physics to get like 10,000% efficiency there are no cities, towns, villages, or otherwise that are going to run off a postage stamp sized solar panel permalink fedilink source parent [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago you can actually do this if you use the postage stamp to reduce the energy consumption of the city to zero permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago Why does it matter having solar panels that are above 25% efficiency? Gee... dunno, really. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 9 months ago (2 children) I wanna power an entire city with a panel the size of a postsge stamp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago The maximum amount of solar energy that reaches the ground is about 1000w per square meter. Unless you circumvent the laws of physics to get like 10,000% efficiency there are no cities, towns, villages, or otherwise that are going to run off a postage stamp sized solar panel permalink fedilink source parent [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago you can actually do this if you use the postage stamp to reduce the energy consumption of the city to zero permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago The maximum amount of solar energy that reaches the ground is about 1000w per square meter. Unless you circumvent the laws of physics to get like 10,000% efficiency there are no cities, towns, villages, or otherwise that are going to run off a postage stamp sized solar panel permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago you can actually do this if you use the postage stamp to reduce the energy consumption of the city to zero permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago Why does it matter having solar panels that are above 25% efficiency? Gee... dunno, really. permalink fedilink source parent