There are 2 problems with solar in the tropic zone. One is that there are a lot of very green trees that block the sunlight year round, and would have to be cut down to make room for the solar panels. Solar panels could be located in areas where there are no trees. But there
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Article about upcycling silicon waste from end-of-life solar panels into thermoelectric cells. https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2022/05/24/upcycling-silicon-waste-from-end-of-life-solar-panels-into-thermoelectrics/
Let’s get going! Time is wasting! It’s got to be done ASAP! << The US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) said in order to meet 2035 targets, solar deployment has to double in the next three years, and ultimately ramp up to 100 GW by 2035. >> https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/05/20/perovskite-solar-cell-technology-on-the-road-to-commercialization/
I believe that more concentrated solar systems should be installed. The one I’m talking about is the trough reflectors that heat the fluid that is stored in insulated tanks and can keep running the generators after sunset. These solve the energy storage problem, especially when the day might be cloudy or raining. There is a
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US EIA expects solar and wind to be larger sources of US electricity generation this summer. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/19/eia-expects-solar-wind-to-be-larger-sources-of-u-s-electricity-generation-this-summer/
Australia’s looming solar cliff https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2022/05/14/weekend-read-australias-looming-solar-cliff/
There are times of the day when rooftop PV solar is generating more power than is being used. The utilities had to pay users to use it and the prices went into the negative. They have to remotely turn off some solar. What I see is that they should build several pumped hydro storage systems
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The Chinese are making PV panels in the 4 asian countries to bypass tariffs and ‘cheat’ the US. Where does the tariff money go to? I don’t know. But it should go to the domestic PV panel makers that are complaining they can’t compete. The money would compensate so that they can compete against the
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I don’t know what happened, but caiso.com used to be the California independent system operator website. You could go there and see how many megawatts total and of renewables were being generated in real time. Then I started getting error messages like there was a problem! I checked a few times a month and renewables
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This is one that really makes my day. This “”Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project in Delta, Utah…”” is important for us in Southern California. Right now there is a coal power plant in Delta, UT and it provides electricity to Nevada and So. California. Soon they will shut it down and the Intermountain DC Intertie
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