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Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by arcticbull on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @01:00AM (#31244813)
Solar panels are super thermally inefficient generally speaking, collecting about 20% of the energy that hits the panel. They are dark, and this leaves a lot of heat available for the gathering. You can get solar systems that heat water as well, especially in rooftop solar. This also cools the panels down and makes them more efficient. Not much, but measurably. Something like this. [1]

Of course, in the winter in Canada, you have to bleed the system otherwise the water will freeze in the tubes and they'll burst.

There's no free heat from a wind turbine.

[1] https://dualsun.com/en/product/hybrid-panel-spring/

Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by hkt on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @01:58AM (#31245157)
Actually, wind turbines do produce heat but we generally let it dissipate. It may be that it is not really usable, but wind turbines that only produce heat are a thing historically:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/02/heat-your-house-with...

Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by arcticbull on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @05:34AM (#31246357)
I think the issue is you can’t really move heat too far physically, and turbines are located usually pretty far from houses themselves. Certainly relative to rooftop solar.
Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by hkt on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @04:18AM (#31257989)
No argument here, I was just being a pedant really
Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by arcticbull on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:31AM (#31259054)
I appreciated your comment because I hadn’t actually thought about that before!