Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago'Reverse Solar Panel' Generates Electricity at Nightwww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down19
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-link'Reverse Solar Panel' Generates Electricity at Nightwww.extremetech.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 days ago It’s not a reverse solar panel. It’s not a solar anything. It requires a difference in heat… The solar part is because the Sun is responsible for the heat differential.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoSo its a giant sterling engine?
minus-squareRubanski@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoThen you could argue wind energy is just solar energy because wind exists due to heat and thus pressure differential
The solar part is because the Sun is responsible for the heat differential.
So its a giant sterling engine?
Then you could argue wind energy is just solar energy because wind exists due to heat and thus pressure differential