Pandemic Shutdown Reveals Just How Much Air Pollution Affects Solar Panels
(World News Science)

Across the world urban skies have cleared as nations have gone into lockdown due to the pandemic, only to rise again in those countries moving towards business as usual. Scientists saw a perfect opportunity to examine the effects of pollution on solar energy systems, and have been startled at how much difference smoggy air makes. `Delhi is one of the most polluted cities on the planet,` said Dr Ian Marius Peters of Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen-Nürnberg...