Kolanaki comments on 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

[–] 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.

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[–] 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

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[–] 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

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