Solar panels have become so cheap that they are being used to build garden fences in the Netherlands and Germany, as a boom in Chinese production saturates the global market.
Standard single-gang duplex receptacle on a 15A circuit. Upgraded to code circa 25 years ago by pros known to do good work in general. (To be clear: not me.) It's in a metal box with wiring in metal conduit back to the panel.
Stops working. No drama, just stops. Everything upstream to the box is fine; the breaker doesn't trip. All looks well, just... no power.
Remove the cover. It is immediately obvious that there is loose plastic hanging around in the box.
Pull out the fixture, discover chunks of plastic have come off the side of the receptacle. It's broken away in multiple pieces with sharp edges, not melted. No burns near the damage, no external damage.
Was just out for a night walk. I can't tell if my eyes are playing tricks, but I felt like I could see short flickers in the city light haze reflected off the air; kept walking, it seemed like it was happening in the streetlights too. Could there be something happening with the power grid?
A solution hidden in plain sight - if it scales up.
Until now, previous attempts to convert #EvaporationRnergy into #electricity have suffered from a low-conversion efficiency. But using the #DrinkingBird method, scientists have managed to generate an output of 100 volts using just 100 millilitrers of water, enough to power small #ElectronicDevices.
The #lightweight#SolarPanels, developed by researchers in #Australia and the #UK, were able to convert 11 per cent of the #Sun’s energy into #electricity, making them suitable for commercial use. The 11 per cent achieved in the latest tests is far greater than the efficiency levels of around one or two per cent that printed flexible solar panels currently offer. #SolarEnergy
Heute bei einer Weiterbildung zu Customer Centricity teilgenommen. War für mich ein wenig am Thema vorbei, aber die haben eine tolle App empfohlen, mit der man die Klimaauswirkungen v Elektrizität für viele Länder weltweit erkunden kann.
Man kann sich den Wind u d Sonnenstrahlstärke anzeigen lassen, man sieht, wer wohin wieviel Strom liefert oder einkauft, und das LIVE.
Gibt's auch im App bzw. Google Play Store (Links in den Kommentaren).
Hidden are two gems, Scotland already generates nearly 15GW of renewable power, far outstripping the peak winter Scottish demand of 5GW. The government has suggested offering reduced bills to areas where demand is lower than supply.
Dear #writers
I'm begging you, please just talk to a behavioral scientist/psychologist before publishing. Or read a textbook. Read Wikipedia. Anything.
"Psychotic" doesn't mean what you think it does. No, that's not why therapy works. Your armchair theories about mental illnesses and substance use need to be updated or scrapped altogether. Freud's theories were never any good and haven't been relevant for decades.
While I'm here: you also might not know what "bemused" means, and even if you do, please limit its use to perhaps twice in one book.
"#QuantumPhysics proves that all events are random and nothing can be predicted."
The phrases above are how ridiculous it would look if certain #writers wrote about physical science without consulting an actual scientist or even reading a couple of Wikipedia articles, like they do about behavioral science.