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by oxymoron 3602 days ago
Some of it probably could be, but the effiency of those processes are low enough that you'd still have a heat problem. Also, recall that the energy originated with the solar panels to start with. It's a very wasteful way of generating electricity compared to the solar panels, so although it might be worth considering to recover some of the energy investment and eliminate a fraction of the heat, the net output of such a process will probably be an order of magnitude lower than the initial energy investment.