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skeletal88 a day ago

Depends on the part of the world, but in northern/central europe the production of panels from september/october to march is zero, 0, according to my colleague in his roof and many others have said the same. It is cloudy, it will rain a lot and during winter if there are no clouds then there are only.. a limited number of sunglight possible, and the sun is low, so most of the "power" is already absorbed by the atmosphere

silvestrov 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is absolutely not true.

Right now Denmark produces 1724 MW from solar panels even though it is an overcast and rainy day: https://energinet.dk/energisystemet-lige-nu/

Our current usage is relatively high: 5944 MW.

Remaining supply is: 3458 from windmills, 357 from fossils and 434 from import from other countries (mostly hydro/wind).

So if Denmark doubled the amount of windmills (it is a very windy country) and solar panels then Denmark would be able to run of windmills and solar panels even in the autumn.

cycomanic 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm not sure how far up north you're talking about, but solar production in Stockholm (and I'd argue anywhere north affects so few people that we can completely ignore it for a general discussion) is about 10% of summer production but certainly not 0.

https://profilesolar.com/locations/Sweden/Stockholm/

lawn 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Stockholm doesn't really have snow that covers the roofs to a degree that matters.

moogly 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Also, the labor of keeping your roof snow-free is not really worth the savings.