Sentences with phrase «work on cloudy days»

Perovskites could also harness solar energy in new applications where traditional silicon cells fall flat — as light - absorbing coatings on windows, for instance, or as solar panels that work on cloudy days or even absorb ambient sunlight indoors.

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The included LED lights work well and make it much easier to spot the tiny quadcopter when it's further away, especially on cloudy days or in the evening.

Silicon solar cells don't work as well on rainy or cloudy days, or indoors, where light is less direct, he says.

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Due to the unreliability of wind power and solar your electricity will still come from coal and gas power plants when those don't work on windless and cloudy days.

But if that's true — that solar can't work in cloudy or snowy climes — how on Earth did Germany, which gets on average 45 sunny days per year, become the world's largest solar market for years (until it was recently surpassed by China)?

They work well on sunny days and in cloudy climates by collecting and using every bit of energy that passes through the glazing, direct or diffuse.

These cells don't need direct sunlight to work — they can still generate some electricity on a cloudy day.

Even if those logistics worked out, he said, better solar cells and batteries would be necessary because the state gets over 180 days of cloudy weather, and unless the site is on a ridge at higher elevation, most sites aren't windy enough to generate electricity with turbines.

While a solar thermal power station of the type proposed by Aurora heats the molten salt working fluid only with direct sunshine, the solar PV will generate power in the diffuse light of cloudy days as well, ensuring an energy feed every day, not just on the sunny days.

It worked best indoors and on cloudy days.

Not only have the rainy, cloudy days affected my working in the garden, it's also done a number on my old patio carpet!