ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoOnyx Solar launches walkable PV tileswww.pv-magazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarebangupjobasusual@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoIs it… lifting them 8’ off the ground that makes it impossibly expensive? Or maybe… the people in that area do not like shade? How complicated are the electronics to ensure that the voltage dip from one panel with a table sized shadow doesn’t drag down the whole array?
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoi’d be more worried about heat, dispersing heat with literally zero airflow is going to be rough.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoIndependent micro inverters for each panel would be my guess.
Is it… lifting them 8’ off the ground that makes it impossibly expensive? Or maybe… the people in that area do not like shade?
How complicated are the electronics to ensure that the voltage dip from one panel with a table sized shadow doesn’t drag down the whole array?
i’d be more worried about heat, dispersing heat with literally zero airflow is going to be rough.
Independent micro inverters for each panel would be my guess.