Help! How Can Solar Energy Be Implemented In an often Dark, Rainy Area? We’ve seen extremely harsh and blistering winters in the Northeastern United States. Wouldn’t it be logical to say that a large part of the time, solar energy cannot be implemented at all in such regions?
I agree that solar is not practical in areas that are dark and rainy all the time.
My idea for this to make the solar cell pads able to easily have the snow removed from them, which is one problem that comes with Northern weather. They use solar panels in Alaska:
1. http://www.absak.com/library/solar-photovoltaic-power ..
2. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/do-solar-panels-work-in-the-winter.html
I found these articles interesting.
You would think that in the earth’s aphelion, and with cloud cover energy absorption decreases.
That is
(cc ± n) ± (Aph ± n) = n ± Ae
The earth’s tilt probably has something to do with it as well, but I am not sure of the equation that determines the tilt, in relation to atm-temperature, and aph. I am sure it can be postulated though.
Germany is leading the world with the amount of PV solar being built. Much of this averages a very few hours per day of power generation. So yes it can be done. The investment may take longer to pay for itself but it works.