#FunFactFriday: A new study has found that the net energy gains of a vehicle integrated PV system in refrigerated trucks can meet the energy needs of its cooling unit. Could this cool idea freeze excess energy costs in similar future vehicles? News Source: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/07/10/vipv-in-refrigerated-trucks-can-easily-offset-energy-demand-it-creates-and-meet-chiller-demand/
VIPV in refrigerated trucks can ‘easily’ offset energy demand it creates and meet chiller demand
Germany’s Fraunhofer ISE investigated thermal effects and net energy gains of a 3.2 kW vehicle integrated PV (VIPV) system installed on a freight truck with a refrigerated cargo storage area. It found that with battery storage the system could potentially meet the entire energetic needs of the cooling unit throughout the year in some cases.

