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Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next? (www.euronews.com)

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[–] TimWardCam@c.im 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@Valmond @supersquirrel Ah, the reflection thing. There was concern about that in the vicinity of #Cambridge airport.

But the really naïve response would be "surely the panels are designed to absorb sunlight, not reflect it?"

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

At certain angles it would be good to reflect light, as it cannot easily be absorbed and converted, and would otherwise just heat things up, which is not what you want for solar cells, they get very very hot already.