snow Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 06 May 2019 12:51:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Solar Panels Produce Electricity Under Snow https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-panels-produce-electricity-under-snow-20190506/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-panels-produce-electricity-under-snow-20190506/#respond Mon, 06 May 2019 12:51:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=68317 Harvesting solar energy can be a tough job for panels if they are buried under blankets of snow. That is why a team from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a new device that can produce electricity from snow itself. The device is a snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator or “Snow TENG”. As the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-panels-produce-electricity-under-snow-20190506/feed/ 0 68317 Climate Change: Giraffes Spotted in the Snow https://www.greenoptimistic.com/giraffes-spotted-in-the-snow-20180918/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/giraffes-spotted-in-the-snow-20180918/#respond Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:24:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67102 Along with climate changes, safari animals such as giraffes, elephants, rhinoceroses, and antelopes were seen to exhibit behavioral changes. These animals that are usually found in scorching heat of South African savannahs, have been found wandering in a very rare heavy snowfall on a game reserve in Sneeuberg, Western Cape, South Africa. “We woke up […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/giraffes-spotted-in-the-snow-20180918/feed/ 0 67102 Cool: Double-Sided Solar Panels More Efficient in Snow https://www.greenoptimistic.com/snow-cover-can-boost-efficiency-solar-panels-double-sided-20140211/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/snow-cover-can-boost-efficiency-solar-panels-double-sided-20140211/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:00:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45803 The world of solar is full of success stories. It is amazing to see how people can adjust to any environmental condition, only to be able to acquire the energy they need in the most effective and sustainable way. One such story comes from Japan, or the area of Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, to be exact. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/snow-cover-can-boost-efficiency-solar-panels-double-sided-20140211/feed/ 0 45803 Snow-Covered Solar Panels Work Just Fine, Study Says https://www.greenoptimistic.com/snow-covered-solar-panels-work-just-fine-study-says-20121025/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/snow-covered-solar-panels-work-just-fine-study-says-20121025/#respond Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:25:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27210 Concerns about solar panels covered in snow, especially the further north you go, may be unwarranted, as a recent study notes. Scientist Joshua Pearce, of Michigan Technological University [MTU], conducted a study that suggests photovoltaic solar panels are not affected that much by snow cover. True, excessive snow fall might lead to a temporary drop […]

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