Water Sucking Solar Farms Breed Water Wars

[ThunderCat]

http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/water-sucking-solar-farms-breed-water-wars.html

One of the downsides of the explosion in the use of solar technology. Anyone have any idea how we're going to get so many gallons of water a year to keep the solar panels in Pakistan going?

The solution would be to develop a new type of solar panels that don't require much or not water.

 

[navtrek]

http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/water-sucking-solar-farms-breed-water-wars.html

One of the downsides of the explosion in the use of solar technology. Anyone have any idea how we're going to get so many gallons of water a year to keep the solar panels in Pakistan going?

The solution would be to develop a new type of solar panels that don't require much or not water.

These are not solar panels that are guzzling the water but they are different as per the article they are mirrors used to heat up water to steam and thus produce electricity using turbines.

Pakistan is going for solar panels that works differently.

 

[somebozo]

http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/water-sucking-solar-farms-breed-water-wars.html

One of the downsides of the explosion in the use of solar technology. Anyone have any idea how we're going to get so many gallons of water a year to keep the solar panels in Pakistan going?

The solution would be to develop a new type of solar panels that don't require much or not water.

There are coating available which reduce the dust adherence by 90%
mechanical cleaning can recover the used water and then recycle it again in a filter plant powered by same solar..

 

[ThunderCat]

These are not solar panels that are guzzling the water but they are different as per the article they are mirrors used to heat up water to steam and thus produce electricity using turbines.

Pakistan is going for solar panels that works differently.

What would you recommend?

 

[navtrek]

What would you recommend?

I would recommend to use the normal PV cells for generating electricity. There is already so much water scarcity in India that farmers are committing suicide in hundreds as they are unable to pay back loans.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

Pakistan is going for solar panels that works differently.

All solar panels require cleaning, the ones Pakistan has massed for their Quaid e Azam farm require the panels to be washed down. PV panels have the least maintenance but the most stringent cleaning requirements.

There was an article by Dawn a while back.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1205484

There are coating available which reduce the dust adherence by 90%
mechanical cleaning can recover the used water and then recycle it again in a filter plant powered by same solar..

There's a difference between efficiency and lowest bid.

This solar farm will showcase a monumental fu<k up. The desire to be '#1' or having the 'biggest' this or that, by a poor country with massive inequality that lacks water and will continue to face shortages.

This would have been a better option.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1232261

Handing out Panels to families.

 

[somebozo]

This solar farm will showcase a monumental fu<k up. The desire to be '#1' or having the 'biggest' this or that, by a poor country with massive inequality that lacks water and will continue to face shortages.

This would have been a better option.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1232261

Handing out Panels to families.

To counter your primitive argument I have used JA panels in my projects and these are one of the best top of the line panels you can get for very good value..Trina also is good..