On Sat, 2022-01-29 at 14:49 +0000, Stephen Loosley wrote: > https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/south-australia-smashes-renewable-record-using-100-solar-and-wind-for-full-week > > The solar energy from 110°F (43°C) is generous, as is the wind power > from speeds which average 10mph.
There is a usually a correlation between the amount of heat and the amount (and, seasonally, incident angle) of light so that it appears that more heat = more power, but it's really just the light. Heat (I think) actually reduces the efficiency of photovoltaic conversion. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer GPG fingerprint: 61A0 99A9 8823 3A75 871E 5D90 BADB B237 260C 9C58 Old fingerprint: 2561 E9EC D868 E73C 8AF1 49CF EE50 4B1D CCA1 5170 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
