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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by vmception on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:27AM (#24252531)
Just waiting for it to be economical in the nearer term and all of this stuff will magically start appearing. Everyone goes through the motions of thinking about solar solutions to energy, and then they realize how little power they provide and how many they need en masse and then scrap the idea.

Once the math adds up for a quicker ROI, the plans will stop getting shelved and will be presented as novel by different people.

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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by chrisco255 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @11:48AM (#24252700)
I think we're already there for regular PV. It's getting to the point where a home system will almost pay for itself in less than 10 years.
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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by vmception on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:42PM (#24254204)
I'm thinking 3 months would be ideal
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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by pjc50 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:56PM (#24254328)
Very few things have a return that quickly. In an era of 25 year mortgages, a 10 year payback is very reasonable.
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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by vmception on Sunday August 23, 2020 @03:19PM (#24254519)
Let's make these one of the few things that have a return that quickly.
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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by Armisael16 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @09:30PM (#24256809)
That’s unlikely to ever happen; if it’s that cheap to produce electricity the utilities will have long since switched over and cut rates.
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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by hellotomyrars on Sunday August 23, 2020 @03:40PM (#24254661)
Ideal, I guess. Though I don't see how that could ever be possible.
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