This is what happens when you listen to a bunch of hippies begging for "green" alternatives like solar panels and wind farms while asking to dismantle the nuclear power plants.
It isn't just hippies. It's anyone that has the "correct" beliefs (NPCs basically). Something that really stuck with me was someone in a comment to some article I read said "solar panels can't warm Chicago in winter" and there was a bunch of replies of "the sun still shines in winter, duh." That's the enemy, people who think anything that puts out any voltage for a few hours a day is good enough to power a city. "It make power. What problem?"
Solar power sucks ass in Germany. On average about 11% capacity factor. In other words 1000 W of solar panel will only produce 110 W averaged out over the year (this includes night). In winter near the solstice is only 2% while the summer is 22%. Chicago is probably a couple percent better than Germany on average, like 13-14%.
Yep and then the solar panels output drops off as they go over 25 degrees Celsius, so here in AUS on a nice summer day at 40 degrees your solar panel is over heating to all buggery and producing a lot less.
This is what happens when you listen to a bunch of hippies begging for "green" alternatives like solar panels and wind farms while asking to dismantle the nuclear power plants.
It isn't just hippies. It's anyone that has the "correct" beliefs (NPCs basically). Something that really stuck with me was someone in a comment to some article I read said "solar panels can't warm Chicago in winter" and there was a bunch of replies of "the sun still shines in winter, duh." That's the enemy, people who think anything that puts out any voltage for a few hours a day is good enough to power a city. "It make power. What problem?"
Solar power sucks ass in Germany. On average about 11% capacity factor. In other words 1000 W of solar panel will only produce 110 W averaged out over the year (this includes night). In winter near the solstice is only 2% while the summer is 22%. Chicago is probably a couple percent better than Germany on average, like 13-14%.
Yep and then the solar panels output drops off as they go over 25 degrees Celsius, so here in AUS on a nice summer day at 40 degrees your solar panel is over heating to all buggery and producing a lot less.
Your honestly better off just painting pvc pipes black and running a sterling engine.