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To: Jonty30

He is in LONG ISLAND. That is NOT a place with a lot of sun.

The Mohave desert - 7.7 kWh/m2/day.
Montpelier, Vermont - 3.43 kWh/m2/day.

Long Island should be in the 3.4 kWh/m2/day range. Perhaps less due to being on the coast.

Assuming 15% efficiency of the cells, then the harvest is about 0.5 kWh/m2/day.

9 posted on 07/15/2012 1:04:32 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)

To: Pikachu_Dad

"He is in LONG ISLAND. That is NOT a place with a lot of sun."

I wish you could tell my sunburn that! :(

12 posted on 07/15/2012 1:08:36 AM PDT by UnBubba

To: Pikachu_Dad

It definitely would not pay for itself in any reasonable length of time.

Have you thought of installing a wind turbine near New York’s city hall?

You should be able to generate enough power to pay for it.

13 posted on 07/15/2012 1:08:55 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)

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