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Switzerland’s solar railway has been a success. What happens next? (www.euronews.com)
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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 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.