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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

There are Watts, and then there are Watt-hours. Watts are power, and Watt-hours are energy. If the Wikipedia numbers are for a 24 hour day, 150 continuous watts per square meter, that would give you 150*24 = 3,600 Watt-hours ( 3.6 kW-h) per day, per square meter of sunshine energy, if the panels track the sun. You have to also factor the solar cell efficiency, which is roughly your 20% number for commercially realistic cells over their lifetime. The lack of tracking mechanisms will significantly reduce that.


90 posted on 03/16/2019 7:29:25 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Just did a spreadsheet and did some back of the envelope calcs. 1500 sq feet of panels with 15% efficiency to H with 5 sunlight hrs a day and 65% end use efficiency would meet most homes energy needs. Assuming double the cost of present solar that is a 7 year break even not factoring in interest cost.


109 posted on 03/16/2019 8:07:06 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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