Why rising temperatures don’t make solar power rise

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Sunny skies sound like a positive for energy production, but this week’s heat wave in California isn’t a boon for solar power. That’s because solar panels actually become less efficient as the mercury rises. CivicSolar, a solar-power systems distributor with offices in Oakland, Boston and Austin, Texas, says high temperatures can decrease a photovoltaic cell’s […]

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June 22, 2017 at 02:18PM