[woleium]

So we could get the best of both worlds (optimal light incidence angle and heat dissipation) with floating solar on a pond or lake?

[ReptileMan]

Or pipes of cold water running under the panel to generate heat for showering

[jonhohle]

CoolPV is a system like this for heating pools.

[HPsquared]

Combined heat and power!

[bloomingeek]

Wow and wow! I've been wanting to jump into a home solar system, I just think there's to many inefficiencies. Hopefully this is the way solar will evolve in the near future.

[Taek]

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good, solar already makes a lot of sense and is good for the environment.

[cmrdporcupine]

Or building solar farms in places that have cold winters and cool summers, but lots of sun? e.g. the great plains of North America.

[woleium]

i imagine the 2% benefits will be outweighed by the energy distribution cost. even at very high voltage those wires are resistors

[defrost]

and reduced evaporation of water storage.

This already being done on dams in the UK and Spain (or was it Portugal? Maybe both.)