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Re:Rice University researchers propose a way to boost solar ... by sdenton4 on Friday August 09, 2019 @07:27PM (#20659040)
"There is no way to convert heat to electricity directly, unfortunately."

Well, if you have enough heat, you can boil water and then use the steam to turn a turbine... I suppose in some sense this is dependent on a temperature difference, but I wouldn't call the amount of electricity we get by this method 'small.'

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Re:Rice University researchers propose a way to boost solar ... by Terr_ on Friday August 09, 2019 @07:52PM (#20659188)
> I suppose in some sense this is dependent on a temperature difference

It is absolutely dependent on a temperature difference, because it relies on cooler water that isn't already flashing into steam.

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