I was very surprised the difference is that small. Intuition would suggest there to be a lot of sun in the summer given how hot it gets.
The day is roughly half as long but you get 40-50% per month ???
Really a lot more than I imagined.
Not sure if that involves changing the angle.(which would complicate things)
It isn't a popular or sensible technology atm but sterling or other heat engines do work and they work even better if there is a cold source. There are experiments with heating water with solar voltaic. I read they are reaching 70% energy conversion.
It seems there is lots of room for further tinkering. 40% isn't bad tho
The day is roughly half as long but you get 40-50% per month ???
Really a lot more than I imagined.
Not sure if that involves changing the angle.(which would complicate things)
It isn't a popular or sensible technology atm but sterling or other heat engines do work and they work even better if there is a cold source. There are experiments with heating water with solar voltaic. I read they are reaching 70% energy conversion.
It seems there is lots of room for further tinkering. 40% isn't bad tho