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RE: solar.bots.edent.tel/posts/691…

Not bad considering the endless rain.
Scientists really need to figure out how to harness the power of precipitation.

in reply to Terence Eden

I’m going backwards. I haven’t even had a solar calculator for years now.

I would like to get out of paying all of these Eco levies that are on our leccy!

in reply to Terence Eden

Well, there are downpipe generators...
But they are unlikely to produce enough to be viable, even in the UK.

And also this
But I don't think it has made it out of the lab yet.
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/…
youtube.com/watch?v=mYm49Kd4Gy…

in reply to Terence Eden

there are panels that can also harvest energy from rain drops hitting them.
Quick Google leads me to the term TENG for this.
in reply to Terence Eden

I've got a stream running past the house, and sometimes I just stand and watch the Watts I could be capturing flow past.
in reply to Terence Eden

It's love to!

(I have looked into it, but it's nowhere near as straightforward as solar+batteries)