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From my math I got something around 1 square kilometer of solar panels to power a jet. Basically one square kilometer is 1 million square meters times 160w/sq
by mrfusion 9y ago
From my math I got something around 1 square kilometer of solar panels to power a jet.
Basically one square kilometer is 1 million square meters times 160w/sq meter is 160mw.
- kragen 9y agoYeah, but there are inefficiencies in the production process and the engine. I conservatively assumed each of these is about an order of magnitude.
- golem14 9y ago10km * 10km = 38 square miles, BTW In nevada, you have about 3600 sun hours per year, so about 40% of all hours. So ignoring transmission losses, "reverse fuel cell efficiency", wouldn't we expect an average of 64 MW from each square kilometer of solar panels?