[LINK] South Australia uses 100% solar and wind power for full week

[Karl Auer]

On Sat, 2022-01-29 at 14:49 +0000, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/south-australia-smashes-renewable-record-using-100-solar-and-wind-for-full-week
> 
> The solar energy from 110°F (43°C) is generous, as is the wind power
> from speeds which average 10mph.

There is a usually a correlation between the amount of heat and the
amount (and, seasonally, incident angle) of light so that it appears
that more heat = more power, but it's really just the light.

Heat (I think) actually reduces the efficiency of photovoltaic
conversion.


Regards, K.


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