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"Herdsmen in Turkey are tethering solar panels to their donkeys to power their internet sessions."
Is this for real? It looks awfully staged and the journalist says that they can generate 5-7 kW from a panel.
Tim
Donkey power?
Jun 25, 2014
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F*ck off !!! 5 watts maybe. 50 at a pinch. But 5,000 ?
Does the journalist want to buy a bridge ?
In article , Tim+ scribeth thus
Well knowing how Jurno's can make of bish of tech subjects;!..
Is that poor Donkey TN-C-S TN-S or just 4 x T earthed;?....
Maybe all the herdsmen in Turkey generate a total of 5kW
NT
I didn't know donkeys could use the internet. Progress!
you can in bright midday sun get about a couple of KW/sq m.
You obviouslsy haven't discovered twitter....
maybe he popped into maplin
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looks about right physical size, but could a heardsman afford or justify such apurchase, especailly as he needa a UPS or/inverter
I'm reporting you to the RSPCA!
You are correct, and I have absolutely no intention of ever being a Twit, either.
I thought that was just intheory, trouble with midday is the high temerature reduces cell efficaincy.
I've seen those of about 1 m^2 on bus stops I doubt they get above 100W they power a few advertising panels at most.
There's probably one somewhere that can. I'm guessing the interview was done over a lavish lunch at the journo's expense, then the pic was taken wtih a borrowed panel.
NT
Only if you can keep the panel pointed in the right direction. And bearing in mind the panel is around 12% efficient.
Total bollix. That panel might generate 30w so long as it was kept pointing at the sun.
No they just put the decimal point in the wrong place. I'd have thought a Donkey treadmill might have been more worthwhile. Brian
So you live on planet mercury then? grin.
Brian
Nope, but I do know about insolation and renewable energy
You sure about that? IIRC the sun only sends us 1kW...
Andy
Ahbut, this is *green* maths and physics.
Umm. You are in fact correct.
Peak insolation is almost exactly that for surface perpendicular to suns rays.
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