Tag: solar cells

• A Year of Upgrades

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  Summer is over, and we’ve wrapped up a bunch of small projects. Between having to set up a backup toilet solution last year and the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the country, we ended up spending a lot of time at the cabin this summer. Among the most important things we took care of:

  (The seas)

• New year, new opportunities

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  So, the first trip to the cabin in the new decade is now behind us. Hundreds of pounds of new gear have been hauled up and down:

  (The seas)

• County Governor of Viken: No to wind turbines

  #wind power #solar panels #electricity

  From October to February, we struggle with the fact that, for long periods, very little sunlight reaches our solar panels. The sun’s angle is much lower, so less energy is captured; there are fewer hours of sunlight per day; there are fewer days with blue skies and sunshine; and the solar panels tend to get covered in snow. All in all, this means that a typical week in December can yield as little as 5%–10% of a typical week in July. The only way to compensate for this is to charge the batteries using our generator—which is both noisy and causes some complications when it comes to renting out the property.

  (The seas)