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		ufukcan74 on Sept 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing S... Cool Earth Solar company unlike normal solar panels, it produces spherical panels, thus producing 400 times more energy than normal panels. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4bf1/d93a9467608c9c1d1536f3...

EA on Sept 19, 2019 [–]

"With no occlusion, the flat-panel collector is more efficient than the spherical-surface collector by a factor of more than 2."

"Considering the occlusion factor, the spherical-surface collector can be the better choice in certain situations"

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