US experienced staggering growth in solar and wind power over the last decade.

Trump did nothing for 187 minutes as Capitol riot unfolded.

As rioters swarmed the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and aides begged Donald Trump to help stop the violence, the then-president watched TV in his West Wing dining room

“Within 15 minutes of leaving the stage, President Trump knew that the Capitol was besieged and under attack,” Luria said, adding:*“At 1:25, President Trump went to the private dining room off the Oval Office. From 1:25 until 4:00, the president stayed in his dining room … The TV was tuned to Fox News all afternoon.”
 
Joe Capitalist said:
Scientists unveil self-cleaning solar panel technology poised to revolutionize energy sector: 'A major step'
This is the type of technological advancement that we can hope and expect to see more of as solar and wind continue to become more widespread.
by Jeremiah Budin*/*April 21, 2024

Solar panels and wind turbines are already providing tons of clean, renewable energy for people worldwide and helping to reduce reliance on dirty fuel for power — but the technology around both is still evolving.*
Scientists at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea developed a device that combines wind and solar to harvest clean energy more efficiently.
The device, a wind-powered electrodynamic screen, allowed the scientists to create a self-cleaning solar panel.
A self-cleaning solar panel is a big deal. Because solar panels work by absorbing sunlight, they must be kept free of dust and dirt or else the light will be blocked from getting in. That requires regular cleaning, which can be expensive, difficult, and depending on where the panels are installed, even dangerous. Few solar panels are installed in places where they can be easily reached and wiped down (with some exceptions).*
As Interesting Engineering detailed, an electrodynamic screen is able to clean a solar panel without human help using high-voltage electric fields. But the screen must also be powered through an external source, and that's where the wind energy comes in.*
By introducing a triboelectric nanogenerator that harnesses the frictional energy of the wind, the researchers were able to generate enough electricity to power the electrodynamic screen, allowing it to keep the solar panel around 90% clean in perpetuity.

"We've found a way to turn abundant wind energy into a tool to maintain panel's cell efficiency. This is a major step towards ensuring solar power remains a dominant solution for a cleaner future," Professor Lee Ju-hyuck, who led the research, said.
Using one type of clean energy to enhance the efficiency of another type of clean energy is a particularly elegant solution to a problem — and it's the type of technological advancement that we can hope and expect to see more of as solar and wind continue to become more widespread.
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Other than your Rule 5 violation (again) with no link or citation...

Who gives a shit? Solar doesn't work because of two things you cannot get around PERIOD!

1. The watt density of sunlight. That's the amount of sunlight you get out of a given area of ground the panels occupy. Solar panels are never going to be 100% efficient at conversion of sunlight and cannot produce more energy than strikes them. That issue is fixed and unsolvable.

2. Sunlight (and the watt density thereof) is intermittent and variable. When the sun doesn't shine, solar produces nothing. The amount of sunlight you get on a particular spot at any given time varies by day, time of day, and atmospheric interference (eg., clouds, contrails, etc.).

Batteries and storage are NOT a solution either. They are too expensive to work, even if the price were a fraction of what it is today.

Then there's just the insanity of what you posted. They're using wind energy to clean solar panels adding to the cost of the solar panels. The amount of added efficiency is going to be miniscule in comparison, while adding complexity will add to cost of maintenance. It also doesn't address how the tiny wind generator stays clean of dust and debris over its lifetime. That is, what happens when dust clogs the wind generator?

Solar and wind are a fool's errand for electrical generation.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Other than your Rule 5 violation (again) with no link or citation...

Who gives a shit? Solar doesn't work because of two things you cannot get around PERIOD!

1. The watt density of sunlight. That's the amount of sunlight you get out of a given area of ground the panels occupy. Solar panels are never going to be 100% efficient at conversion of sunlight and cannot produce more energy than strikes them. That issue is fixed and unsolvable.

2. Sunlight (and the watt density thereof) is intermittent and variable. When the sun doesn't shine, solar produces nothing. The amount of sunlight you get on a particular spot at any given time varies by day, time of day, and atmospheric interference (eg., clouds, contrails, etc.).

Batteries and storage are NOT a solution either. They are too expensive to work, even if the price were a fraction of what it is today.

Then there's just the insanity of what you posted. They're using wind energy to clean solar panels adding to the cost of the solar panels. The amount of added efficiency is going to be miniscule in comparison, while adding complexity will add to cost of maintenance. It also doesn't address how the tiny wind generator stays clean of dust and debris over its lifetime. That is, what happens when dust clogs the wind generator?

Solar and wind are a fool's errand for electrical generation.
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Yeah, You're just so much smarter than the scientists and engineers:

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/self-cleaning-solar-panels-wind-energy/

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Joe Capitalist said:
Do you think there's any chance you could be wrong about this? Or is your extreme far right bias blinding you again.
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Solar power has been around for over a century. PV solar has been around now for about 75 years. Outside of that, you cannot get more energy out of sunlight than the sunlight is putting into the panel. Since 100% efficiency is nearly impossible to get, you are getting some fraction of that converted to electricity, usually about 20 to 30%. Clean v. dirty panels lowers output by a couple of percent normally.

Then there's the issue of location of the panels. To maximize output they have to be at 90 degrees (right angles) to the sun. That requires two axis tracking which is very rare commercially and nonexistent on residential panels. This can reduce efficiency up to about half of rated output. Being further N or S from the equator doesn't help either (lower watt density as you move away from the equator).

Then throw in weather and such. On top of that, in residential installations the panels are often put in really poor locations (wrong side of the home to the sun, shaded by trees part of the time, etc.). That reduces output further.

Then there's the inescapable they only work in daytime issue.

Most commercial solar arrays come in at a capacity factor of 20 to 30%. 25 is pretty typical. Nuclear plants usually run 95% + capacity factors, while natural gas does around 85%. What this means is that for installed nameplate capacity, solar arrays only manage about 20 to 30% of that annually. You can see that in their actual annual generation numbers.

If you want batteries to cover periods when solar isn't generating, the cost becomes insanely prohibitive for more than maybe a few hours of run time. Pumped hydro isn't any better.

Solar is a terrible way to generate electricity given the alternatives.
 
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