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As noted in other replies, panels are designed to be cool on the underside. And they should be pretty squirrel proof unless something goes seriously wrong. In my own case, I think I was most concerned about the esthetics, if a lot of junk accumulated under my shiny new solar panels! : - ) Also I ...

This must be somewhat common, because my installers had a standard box to check if I wanted "varmint protection" (as one of the guys described it) : - ) for the roof top panels. This is a plastic mesh all around the edges. In my neighborhood, squirrel nests would be almost 100% likely, so I paid for ...

Stephen Dowling reports for BBC Future on a Steam Punk solar power project - totally real! https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230420-the-forgotten-20th-century-sun-engine Reference: The forgotten 20th Century 'Sun engine' Stephen Dowling BBC Future 21st April 2023 ------------------------------ ...

Speaking as a computer person who has designed a lot of software over the years, my first reaction to this is, "what is the purpose of this app?" This app doesn't seem to have much to do with the technical operation of your own array, as far as I can see. So, I take this to be more of a social app, ...

Tracking down this link, I find that it has been 'archived'. "The paper was originally posted on January 6, 2021; however, it did not follow the appropriate review process before posting and it contained misleading and incorrect information, so the document was removed from the EPA website." I have no ...

I'll point to the article by Otto Gunderson in the most recent Solar Today. Otto Gunderson, PV RECYCLING: Fulfilling Solar's Green Promise , in SOLAR TODAY . 2020, Amercican Solar Energy Society: Boulder. p. 13-16. Much of the article explains what the EU is doing, which is pretty much a model for what ...