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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or worst case, power some down. Excess electricity that can’t be used is a problem, it’s just that while solar may not be the easiest energy source to fix that problem with, it’s probably the second easiest behind wind. You can literally put retractable awnings over solar panels if you need to

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or lcd, fewer moving parts. That is quite an easy solution

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shit I’d never even considered using liquid crystals to modulate shading. And you could probably make it fail safe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

yea, have the "fail" state be blackout. That way nothing blows up if anything did go wrong