Perfect for the UK

[ursaminortaur]

Researchers have come up with a way of using solar panels to also generate energy from raindrops.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-panel-electricity-rain-china-b2379404.html

Researchers have come up with a new way to generate electricity with solar panel technology by harvesting the energy produced by raindrops.

The method, proposed by a team from Tsinghua University in China, involves a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that creates electrification from liquid-solid contact.

These are typically used to harvest energy from waves, as droplet-based TENGs (D-TENGs) have previously faced technical limitations that prevented them from working at any significant scale.

By using solar panel bridge arrays, the researchers discovered such barriers could be overcome

“Referring to the design of solar panels in which multiple solar power generation units are connected in parallel to supply the load, we are proposing a simple and effective method for raindrop harvesting,” said Professor Zong Li, who led the research.

[odysseus2000]

Researchers have come up with a way of using solar panels to also generate energy from raindrops.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-panel-electricity-rain-china-b2379404.html

Researchers have come up with a new way to generate electricity with solar panel technology by harvesting the energy produced by raindrops.

The method, proposed by a team from Tsinghua University in China, involves a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that creates electrification from liquid-solid contact.

These are typically used to harvest energy from waves, as droplet-based TENGs (D-TENGs) have previously faced technical limitations that prevented them from working at any significant scale.

By using solar panel bridge arrays, the researchers discovered such barriers could be overcome

“Referring to the design of solar panels in which multiple solar power generation units are connected in parallel to supply the load, we are proposing a simple and effective method for raindrop harvesting,” said Professor Zong Li, who led the research.

This idea has been around for a while, relying on the polar nature of the h2o molecule. Several months ago I had a bit of a go at trying to reproduce the effect, but ran out of time to try it properly. There are many claims and set ups on the internet and so far it seems like there is something to it, but some of the calculated power generation figures seem suspect to me. I would like to have another play, but for now I am overloaded with jobs.

Regards,