PV = Photovoltaic

  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    At least for right now it’s just a test on a 100-meter length of track, but this reeks of a startup trying to innovate its way out of NIMBYs not wanting to put solar panels where they actually belong without considering why nobody has put solar panels in the middle of a railroad track before (cough rocks, dust, wildlife, vibration, and vandalism cough).

    PV Magazine is neat for reading about potential new innovations, but one thing I really dislike about it is that it basically just regurgitates what solar companies say about themselves in press releases in a way that’s completely uncritical. For instance:

    Similarly, removal and installation tests will be carried out to demonstrate that the Sunways pilot installation is perfectly adapted to the constraints related to maintenance work and the operation of the line.

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      1 month ago

      Solar panels need to be on every home and how new builds in many countries still don’t require them baffles me.

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        1 month ago

        Might be cause they make roof redos or fumigation even more expensive. I had a customer say they were paying 3k to get their panels removed so they could pay another 3k to fumigate the house. Almost doubled the price.

        Don’t get me wrong, I agree that we should require panels in new builds somehow but I don’t know what the best option is.

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          1 month ago

          Why did they have to remove the panels in order to fumigate? If the company couldn’t work around them then they should have found a different company.

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            You drop heavy ass tarps on the roof and roll them to tent a house, I’m taking couple hundred pound tarps. The workers need to be able to walk on the roof to set them up, the tarps can and have damaged panels so companies in the area don’t fumigate with them on anymore.

            I work closely with a fumigation company and that’s what they’ve told us.