[cynwoody]

According to FPL, it takes 90,500 solar panels to crank out 25mw. That's about 275w per panel.

The FPL page also says 42000mwh is enough to power 3000 homes for a year. IOW, the average house uses 14mwh / year, or about 38kwh / day.

If a panel operates usefully four hours a day on average, an average house would need about 35 panels plus a hefty battery bank, an inverter, and control electronics.

There's a guy who posted an article on how to make a 60-watt panel for about $100, not including batteries and inverter and labor. It was to power his remote campsite in Arizona. He wrote another article on how he made a windmill using sliced PVC tubing for the turbine blades. Oh, well. A start.

[WellyP]

“FP and L” Florida pilfer and loot!

[Publius6961]

There's a guy who posted an article on how to make a 60-watt panel for about $100, not including batteries and inverter and labor.

Why waste time even reading about it?
That's just enough power to drive four CFLs during the daytime (if you're lucky) when you don't need the light.

Wonderful!