• Cort@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Even wind power still turns a generator, but solar is just completely different than everything else

    • megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      They’re actually quite similar to thermoelectric generators. But the potential difference between two semi conductors is created by a heat differential rather than by photon excitation.

      Thermoelectric generators have been used on various rovers and deep space probes as well as in remote lighthouses.

      • psud@aussie.zone
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        6 days ago

        It’s cheaper now to install panels over the full footprint of a concentrator than to build a concentrator and a small solar panel or any sort of solar thermal generator