@[email protected] @jwildeboer So, I see this is relevant, but is it the most important aspect? According to your statement, at 50°C we'll have 13% less power from each panel max ... as compared to playing with the cooling system of nuclear reactors. I bet accidents never happened this way

UPDATE: I was arguing here against bots, I deleted all my follow-up posts as they were mostly to trick the bots to do basic calculations.

@aeris @jwildeboer @tibersept It was 1–2% on average AFAIR, that may sound low, but during short critical periods, this causes noticeable energy shortages in the grid. Temperature limits for rivers have even been raised to avoid shutdowns, showing the issue isn’t trivial.

Nuclear plants can be built without natural water sources using closed cooling or wastewater, but France didn’t do this because it’s more expensive and complex. Alternative cooling would increase costs and possibly water use.

Here, many solar parks and private systems exist, but none with water cooling. Especially with PV surplus, using water to improve efficiency makes little sense.