slazer2au

The route for the geographical challenged like me.

Picking up all those Dutch tourists

explores the potential to install solar panels above highways and major roads.

Oh thank god they use that option not replace the road with those horrid solar cells that underperformed in every test.

I remember when hotline Miami (2?) was not giving a rating in Australia so we couldn’t buy it. So the Devs said feel free to pirate it.

“The researchers say that this method can produce a lot of watts relative to the surface area of the generator, with the proof-of-concept device generating around 10 watts per square meter in early experiments. They claim that theoretical estimates indicate up to 10 kW might be possible.”

Ummm, anywhere between fuck all and an unrealistic amount.

Why does this read like an advert for a technology which continues to disappoint when facing real world conditions.

I lump these kind of power plates into the same trash can as street solar. A very nice thought experiment but continues to under perform

Eh, it’s an opinion piece.

Doesn’t look like it. Just a dehumidifier with an attached water filter.

The AquaFetch+ technology can dehumidify up to 790 milliliters per hour, swiftly reducing humidity from 80% to 60% within just 1.5 hours.

Tl;de no.

The maximum energy production is thus roughly 400 Wh per day.

The solar panels are connected in parallel and coupled to a solar charge controller and 550 Wh of lead-acid batteries. Assuming a 33% Depth-Of-Discharge (DoD) and a round-trip battery efficiency of 80%, this gives me a maximum energy storage of roughly 150 Wh

Total electricity use in my office is (on average) 500 Wh per day

But to the authors credit he does talk about what changes can be made around the house to do DC to DC conversation as opposed to DC to AC to DC conversation to minimise conversation loss.