Solar panels — 80% of which are made in China — are so cheap that they’re now being used to line garden fences in Germany and the Netherlands, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Solar panels — 80% of which are made in China — are so cheap that they’re now being used to line garden fences in Germany and the Netherlands, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Vertically installed solar panels are actually not a bad idea in some places so the headline is a bit misleading.
They link out to this which imo is the real story
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/01/16/solar-fences-stand-out-in-australian-market-simulation/
TLDR solar fences work pretty well
They can actually be more efficient. They can reflect heat remaining cooler and not be essentially thermally throttled. You can also put them in a denser array