I Cast Fist@programming.dev to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agoHow solar panels generate electricityprogramming.devexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down120
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minus-squareMehBlah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoSome do. Not photovoltaic panels but there are plants designed around this principle.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoi was coming in here to say that while this post is a joke, there is a non zero number of solar farms that use hyperbolic mirrors and glass tubes to super heat water generating pressure to spin a steam turbine
Some do. Not photovoltaic panels but there are plants designed around this principle.
i was coming in here to say that while this post is a joke, there is a non zero number of solar farms that use hyperbolic mirrors and glass tubes to super heat water generating pressure to spin a steam turbine