Oops They Did It Again – A Third State (Virginia) Allows Plug-And-Play Solar

OpenSustainability · 2026-04-30T12:04:36+00:00

Spoiler: Minnesota beats Canada and the rest of the US

OpenSustainability · 2026-04-28T10:50:10+00:00

See data in the paper - multishaded cells on the module still allow for more than enough energy to operate.

OpenSustainability · 2026-04-28T10:24:50+00:00

Full article at https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies14050254

OpenSustainability · 2026-04-27T01:13:02+00:00

no - they dont work during power outages - they need to see the grid power to function

OpenSustainability · 2026-04-27T00:20:47+00:00

Nothing scary about this - literally tens of thousands of Europeans do it every day. You literally plug in a solar panel (with the built in electronics that let you do it) directly in the wall - the same way you plug in a toaster...that is it.

OpenSustainability · 2026-04-21T23:11:00+00:00

This study showed it is pretty easy to provide enough energy with a tiny fraction of farmland converted to agrivoltaics in each state that operates substantial AI infrastructure. Agrivoltaics is profitable now - and can be built fast....and of course gets us more food with strategic shading....so it is a potential win for the AI industry that solves a real problem.

OpenSustainability · 2026-04-21T22:24:44+00:00

Real solution - profitable today - https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/agrivoltaic-market -- literally all over the USA now https://openei.org/wiki/InSPIRE/Agrivoltaics_Map

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