AS Published on Saturday 27 January 2024 - n° 473 - Categories:R&D

A system for cooling solar panels

American and Saudi researchers have come up with a new technique for cooling solar panels: two mirrors tilted at 45 degrees on either side of a panel. From the rear, a spectrally selective reflector directs thermal radiation towards the sky, while preventing the back of a module from heating up from the scattered sunlight.

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