• Aeri@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Stupid question but can we not like, make toggleable solar panels? Like if I Just pull the plug extracting power from a solar panel does it explode or break or something?

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      2 hours ago

      Not really. You can discharge into the ground, but for large installations even the ground has a limited (local) capacity.