Johnnypneumoniac@lemmy.one to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 年前The largest floating solar farm in North America is officially onlineelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkThe largest floating solar farm in North America is officially onlineelectrek.coJohnnypneumoniac@lemmy.one to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 年前message-square17fedilink
minus-squareTiuku@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 年前Good point about the evaporation! Yes any energy flowing away along the wires is away from heating the water. Though how significant this is, dunno.
minus-squareJohnnypneumoniac@lemmy.oneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前They do mention that the water helps cool the solar panels. There’s a math problem here… Solar energy converted by water directly vs with solar panels, etc etc.
Good point about the evaporation! Yes any energy flowing away along the wires is away from heating the water. Though how significant this is, dunno.
They do mention that the water helps cool the solar panels. There’s a math problem here… Solar energy converted by water directly vs with solar panels, etc etc.