I liked the flavour of the questions given as examples. Asking people about their personal pov and experience relieves them of the duty to be objectively correct and relatively topical to yourself and other listeners. It’s something that analytical speakers often neglect.
They don't look propped at all in the photos. Also I think propping would be hard for the cleaning robot as it looks like is a super simple little robot with small wheels and just rolls straightened over them.
Yah its probably a case that designing a vacmop style device (possibly purchased off the open market?) and having it drive around on a flat surface is both cheaper and keeps the panels cleaner than a custom bot that doesn't clean as frequently because it costs to much.
My question is whether sitting on the ground itself causes problems with efficiency due to the panels getting hotter than they would with some airflow under them.
According to the research on their site, ground mount solar has better heat dissipation than roof mount solar, and isn't that far behind racked systems, so it's not really a concern. The ground ends up acting as a heat sink.
(Modern utility scale PV installations are already using automated cleaning solutions).
It is much better from POV of the cleaning robot maneuvering requirements. It's also much better in terms of single robot can access the entire installation.
But it's worse in terms of how much distance the dust should be pushed before it's off panel (as I don't see any gaps there)
Service trade-off seems pretty marginal. They say the panels aren't tied down to the ground in any way, so you might be able to just pick one up and disconnect it
As an amateur reader of the subject, I wasn’t able to trace all of its connections. But it still presents several valuable insights and concludes satisfyingly.
I’ve tried the product and I always thought it silly to produce a plant-based version of an unhealthy meat product so that all the healthy dieters that switched away from said foods now have an unhealthy option restored to them that is more conscionable than what they chose to avoid in the first place.
While plant-based beef and chicken offerings can genuinely claim to reduce the cruelty experienced by those animals, is it really such a bane to the animal world that oysters are harvested for food. I mean, do they scream out in pain when dislodged from their rocky habitats? Still can’t wait to try this product, though.
