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[xkcd] Physics will make you rich!(xkcd.com)

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redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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Is it true that you can get 4kwh per day per square meter? My average electricity consumption is ~15kwh/day, so if I can potentially offset most of my grid usage with just 4 square meters of solar panel, that seems very attractive. I live in a tropical country btw.

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Cenzorrll@beehaw.org
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No, 4kwh is about the daily amount of sun hitting 1 square meter. Solar panels can capture about 20% of that

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ukcreation@feddit.uk
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Each of my panels has a theoretical capacity of 390 Watts per hour. So 4kwh in a day seems very feasible. My panels are certainly not the cutting edge of technology!

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MxM111@kbin.social
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Your 390W is if the sun is in the zenith and hitting your panel at right angle. Also, are you sure your panel is 1m^2?

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ukcreation@feddit.uk
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Fair point about the size of my panels. I think they are larger than 1m^2!

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general_kitten@sopuli.xyz
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i would imagine living somewhere tropical might be even better

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HumbleFlamingo@beehaw.org
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Over the past year I’m averaging about 1.1 kwh per day per square meter on my system.

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