Erin Cassidy quotes Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) in the AccuWeather story “Are Solar Panels Usable in Snowy Climates?” which is based in part on research being conducted at the Keweenaw Research Center.
From Tech Today.
Are Solar Panels Usable in Snowy Climates?
Joshua Pearce, associate professor at Michigan Tech University (MTU), said, “If snow is completely covering the panel, you are obviously only going to get the amount of energy out of the panel from the amount of light that is able to pass through the snow.”
Pearce describes several methods they have used to increase the efficiency of panels with snow accumulations.
Read more at AccuWeather.com.