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Was curious too so did some Napkin math with some numbers I found. 10GW Solar Nameplate capacity added in Q1Y2018 17% Capacity factor (Average for solar in Ch
by clomond 8y ago
Was curious too so did some Napkin math with some numbers I found.
10GW Solar Nameplate capacity added in Q1Y2018
17% Capacity factor (Average for solar in China) [1]
1135 kWh (1.12 Mwh) avg annual household electricity use [2]
Makes it:
10GW nameplate capacity * hours in Year (24 h * 365 days) = 87600 GwH (theoretical maximum generation)
Expected actual generation =
Capacity factor (17%) * Theoretical maximum generation 87600 GwH
= 14600 GwH annually
14600 GwH( 14,600,000 MwH ) expected generation in a year / 1.12 MwH consumed per average Chinese household means
= ~ 13 Million Chinese households powered per year due to the solar installed in these 3 months
[1] capacity factor from Wikipedia (1st paragraph) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_China
[2] average household electricity usage by country 2010 data http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity-consumption http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/average-household-electricity...