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Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps. The plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys

Guest · 2026-07-06T14:59:19+02:00

Up on the dam, almost everything that looks like a problem becomes an advantage. The plant sits above the fog line, in thin, clear air that lets far more sunlight through. The higher you go, the stronger and cleaner the sunlight becomes. Cold actually helps, because solar panels work more efficiently when they are not baking in heat. And then there is the snow, which acts like a giant mirror, bouncing extra light up onto the panels from below. Scientists call it the albedo effect, and it can lift a mountain plant’s output well beyond anything possible in the valley. A test site at a similar height recorded yearly output far above a typical Swiss plant.

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kent_eh

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That's more of a Kessler syndrome swarm

6 Jul 2026 20:08

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pr06lefs

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south facing:

google maps

6 Jul 2026 20:16

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athatet

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I promise you don’t just sound like one.

6 Jul 2026 20:17

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Nurse_Robot

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That's what I was thinking, the other commenters seem to disagree with me though

6 Jul 2026 20:29

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HrabiaVulpes

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Splendid! It solves the issue with south-facing panels overheating.

6 Jul 2026 20:40

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Gerudo

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Dams hate this one weird trick!

6 Jul 2026 20:47

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