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by KennyBlanken 703 days ago
Winter is not an issue for solar because solar panel efficiency is better when the panel is cooler. A panel blazing away in Florida is actually losing quite a bit of efficiency because of how hot the panel is; much farther north even with less light, the panels can produce more.
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But it is an issue when Calgary only sees 8 hours of daylight in the deepest depths of winter.