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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by gbrown on Sunday August 23, 2020 @01:51PM (#24253758)
That's not true, you can have an inverter setup which fails over to a battery backup when the grid goes down. It's also done all the time with natural gas generators.

The setup is more expensive, and it does have to meet certain requirements, but it is definitely an option.

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Re:Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent production... by samatman on Sunday August 23, 2020 @03:28PM (#24254569)
True but, this has been made illegal in many places, California among them.

I don't actually know whether that's legislatively illegal, or simply banned by PG&E; but the effect is much the same.

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