That's peak, by the way. Typically, solar produces about 20% of that on average, so that would be an average production of about 2 GW. It's nice if you can soa

That's peak, by the way. Typically, solar produces about 20% of that on average, so that would be an average production of about 2 GW. It's nice if you can soak up a bunch of extra power whenever the sun happens to be shining. If you want to power air conditioners, or charge plug-in hybrid electric cars, solar fits that niche nicely as long as you can build it cheaply enough.