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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by stubish on Friday August 10, 2018 @02:56AM (#17731230)
I don't think light reflection is at all a problem with solar panel installation in city areas. Buildings are already reflective, and mirror surfaces on glass towers have been the fashion for decades. Even if light pollution laws exist, they are only in effect at night, and the usual solution is blinds or curtains rather than blocking the source.
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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by GoToRO on Friday August 10, 2018 @03:09AM (#17731270)
Reflected light is lost energy. As long as a solar panel looks like a mirror, it is not efficient. When you will see a solar panel that is very dark, then it might be efficient. I think this is what the parent poster is referring to.
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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by jandrese on Friday August 10, 2018 @01:21PM (#17735157)
Solar cells only absorb on specific wavelengths. They also lose efficiency if they get too hot. It actually makes sense to reflect away the wavelengths you can't use to keep the panels cooler.
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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by hcknwscommenter on Saturday August 11, 2018 @01:29AM (#17738509)
Solar panels do not look like mirrors. Like the first hit on google images --> https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/wacotrib.com/co...
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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by GoToRO on Monday August 13, 2018 @03:36AM (#17748570)
Not first hit then: https://www.google.com/search?q=solar+panels+in+sun&client=f...:
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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by hcknwscommenter on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @04:45PM (#17761732)
Are you serious? 1. It depends on the exact search terms used. 2. It is well known that google returns slightly different results depending on various factors such as physical (geo) location of searcher 3. Even your example is shows black panels as the second hit, and an obviously false color image as the first hit.
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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by GoToRO on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @05:20PM (#17769887)
Hard to admit you were wrong, right?
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Re:Organic solar cells set 'remarkable' energy record by hcknwscommenter on Friday August 17, 2018 @01:27PM (#17784406)
Only because I am not. Troll.
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