Back side of perovskite panel achieves more than 90 per cent of the efficiency of the front side

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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

If the solar panel isn’t facing the sun then how is it generating power?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    From the reflection of the sunlight! Light bounces around everything and everywhere, so while it's not direct sunlight, it's still light. It generates less than the sun facing one but it's still more power.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Is it worth the additional cost tho? I guess if you’re limited on space there is no other option, but I feel like I’d rather entertain additional solar panels that are facing the sun than to add additional cost for such a low return.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago*

    Alternatively, you lay them out in north-south rows (like a fence) and they generate most power during morning and evening, when sunshine comes from east and west.

    Coincidentally, their power maximum is when conventional solar parks are not yet producing or no longer producing.

    Coincidentally, this also matches the ideal agrivoltaic setup, where you use almost zero surface (the panels are vertical) and grow plants between, not below solar panels.

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    So then off reflections? That doesn’t sound very efficient or worth the additional cost if I can just face another solar panel at the sun.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Unless you plan on putting up some books and comics for voles and grasshoppers on the backside of those panels, that space is really useless.

    Do not underestimate the importance of land use, it's always been very important and it will be very important in this century.

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