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RE: Collecting Rainwater From Solar Panels
Interesting piece. It reminds me of visiting the Energy Efficient model homes in Minnesota where the design (solar panels, wind turbines, direction windows faced etc) had more than one energy saving purpose. These solar panels appear to be a game changer. I imagine the solar panels act as an efficient water heater as well?
There are photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collectors (PV-T - Collectors). These systems combine a solar cell, which converts sunlight into electricity, with a solar thermal collector, which captures the remaining energy and removes waste heat from the PV module. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_thermal_hybrid_solar_collector
Thanks, I'll check out the Wiki page. The plan is to convert to Solar Power this year!