Archived Chinese Air Pollution Dimmed Sunlight Enough to Impact Solar Panels | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
submitted ago by dewhodewho
Posted by: dewhodewho
Posting time: 1.4 years ago on
Last edit time: never edited.
Archived on: 10/9/2019 10:00:00 AM
Views: 51
SCP: 17
18 upvotes, 1 downvotes (95% upvoted it)
Archived Chinese Air Pollution Dimmed Sunlight Enough to Impact Solar Panels | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
submitted ago by dewhodewho
Sort: Top
[–] derram ago
https://archive.ph/dak2S :
'According to new research, China’s coal-driven air pollution is significantly reducing the output of solar panels by dimming the Sun. '
'That tracks the increasing particulate air pollution due to coal-burning power plants and manufacturing—as well as biomass burning—that has only recently been addressed. '
'The researchers found that, over the entire record between about 1960 and 2015, the average potential solar generation declined by about 13%. '
'The change wasn’t the same everywhere, though, as air pollution and local conditions varied. '
'These included industrial centers in the east but also some clearer high-elevation areas in the west where a small amount of air pollution can have a big impact. '
This has been an automated message.