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So, You Wanna Do A Solar? [Thread]
-A brief guided tour through my setup..
This system is not what I currently run, but it's a nice, straightforward solar panel system you can use for camping and emergencies.
Here, we have two 12w 100w Renogy panels, you can find these for roughly $100 each.
These have been wired in parallel, showing the adapting plug. System remains at 12v, with higher amperage.
The leads will head off to the charge controller, featured on the next post.
Despite running a minor data center in my garage, I still manage to produce a little more electricity from #solar than I use for a few hours. Not bad for February. I have a relatively young Dell server in the #homelab and it only pulls 180W sitting idle. Not bad for 50 cores and 192G of RAM and 10 spinning rust disks.
The giant spikes are where my emergency heat kicked in. It was cold overnight. 15Kw electric resistance heat sucks.
#selfhosted #selfhosting
One of my bluesky friends, Saed, is raising money to get #solar panels for his family in Gaza. Can you help out? I gave 10 Euros (about $11 USD), can anyone match me? https://www.gofundme.com/f/jz5s8n-gaza-emergency-appeal-help-my-family?attribution_id=sl:9400a57e-99c6-4255-9558-aa46d5873e26&lang=en_GB&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
China has achieved another year of remarkable growth in renewable energy, with the addition of 277 GW of solar and 79 GW of wind capacity in 2024. This surge has brought the cumulative solar and wind capacity to a staggering 1,407 GW. China contributed 15% of the world's installed solar capacity in 2024 alone.
#solar #SolarEnergy #CarbonDioxide #CarbonCapture
'Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source. ... Unlike most carbon capture technologies, the reactor developed by the Cambridge researchers does not require fossil-fuel-based power, or the transport and storage of carbon dioxide, but instead converts atmospheric CO2 into something useful using sunlight."
Hah! There was complete radio silence from Cracking Energy so I thought they are going to cancel on me, and I was so busy I didn’t have time to follow up or clean up my garage! Guess what, the scaffolders just turned up. So I guess the install is happening! Well, I believe it when I see it!!! For now, I’ve to figure out how to make space in my garage! #Solar
Plus, there's an accompanying theoretical essay 
Eating The Sun, essay published by Makery
Eating The Sun, essay printed in The Laboratory Planet Journal
https://laboratoryplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PL06_EN_web.pdf
"EATING THE SUN" 
This one is for ceramics lovers and economists! 
We've been cooking up some artistic research on photosynthesis & bioeconomics for a year now, and we're happy to share the results!
It is called EATING THE SUN and consists of 12 engraved ceramic plates.
Each plate explores a distinct perspective (biophysics, bioeconomics, philosophy…) relating renewable solar irradiance to the fundamental material needs of humans.
You can find out more about each plate, and the research they encapsulate in the form of laser-engraved illustrations here https://disnovation.org/eatingthesun.php
I actually did some surprise solar imaging today (Jan 17) because it happened to be exceptionally clear this afternoon, which I wasn't expecting. It was also relatively warm out, so I didn't need to freeze to do it. It was windy as hell though.
I tried capturing a timelapse, but between the wind and the low altitude of the sun it didn't work out. I'm just happy I could get the solar scope out for the first time in months.
The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” media company with ties to conservative billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about solar power.
(Published Oct. 2024)
https://propub.li/3CY5WFR
Together with Eco Club Rivne and "SYNERGY" we are planning a German-Ukrainian #Solar #NGO Webinar.
We want to discuss how we can use small scale solar solutions with small batteries to support people in #Ukraine. sign up: https://balkon.solar/news/2024/09/27/ukraine/
Whaddyaknow! Apparently DNO has cleared a 7.5kW inverter and 20 solar panels application! Quite possibly, we are getting Solar soon! #Solar
This is an #asstodon / #renewableenergy / #solar / #degrowth crossover 
Cool program in #Iran to outfit the country’s 250,000 nomad families with portable #solar power systems.
The header photo is not what the article is describing, which is probably more like the attached photo (donkey not included)
From: @byteseu
https://pubeurope.com/@byteseu/113736611668267777
Fossil fuels are being 'eaten alive' by the solar rush. As the individual cells became more efficient, they also became more economical to produce at scale.
Prices have consistently fallen faster than predictions, passing several thresholds that were once thought impossible. It’s now the cheapest way to generate electricity.
The amount of solar power in the world has been doubling roughly every three years. #China is the main driver of this tech.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/survey-of-the-worlds-solar-shows-global-boom/104006096