L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoLargest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves To Be A Bumper Crop For Agrivoltaic Land Usesite.extension.uga.eduexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1505arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squaredlpkl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61arrow-down1·9 months agoPlus you’d lower the temperature of the vehicles, reducing air conditioning and decreasing fuel/battery use, which would further decrease emissions
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoNo one ever brings this up, but the heat island effect might be diminished? Not sure how the math works out there.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoPossibly? But either way, cooling the panels will increase their service life with a slight net increase in output as well. It should reduce the heating of parking lots by as much of the power it makes.
Plus you’d lower the temperature of the vehicles, reducing air conditioning and decreasing fuel/battery use, which would further decrease emissions
No one ever brings this up, but the heat island effect might be diminished? Not sure how the math works out there.
Possibly? But either way, cooling the panels will increase their service life with a slight net increase in output as well. It should reduce the heating of parking lots by as much of the power it makes.