if the component is at its limit, then you can come up with ways to use that component more efficiently. Also reducing the size of the whole thing also increases efficiency singe you can stuff more of them in same area
Comment on Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice
Tja@programming.dev 4 days agoRenewable efficiency is close to the theoretical limit. Solar cell have a limit just over 33% and current models have efficiency of around 25%.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Tja@programming.dev 4 days ago
Tha area is given by the suns light. The sun gives us around 1000w per m2. The theoretical limit is 330w converted to electrical power. Current panels achieve 250w.
This is not a GPU, making things smaller doesn’t give you any gains.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
wouldnt it be better to get 250w from smaller area than bigger?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There’s still plenty of juice to squeeze in terms of cost to manufacturer, deploy, and maintain. This isn’t purely a question of cell efficiency.
Tja@programming.dev 2 days ago
That’s cost, not efficiency…
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s Cost Efficiency, which is a vital calculation in any business enterprise.