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To: PapaBear3625
Your link goes to a more useful map. It puts my area between 2.7 and 3.3 hours per day for winter peak.
101 posted on 11/20/2007 1:31:08 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Meaning you’d probably need 10kw capacity = 1,000sf of panels to get you 1,000kwh per month. If Nanosolar cells actually come to market at $0.30 per peak watt, they would become a relatively small part of the total system cost.

Where I could get by with $2,000 in panels you’d need $3,000 in panels. The rest of the system — batteries or grid-tie electronics, inverter, etc. — would make total cost $10,000 and $11,000, I bet.

This is a huge difference compared to today and silicon PV. 10KW of silicon panels would cost $40K.


103 posted on 11/20/2007 1:53:58 PM PST by Kellis91789 (Liberals aren't atheists. They worship government -- including human sacrifices.)
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