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Back of the napkin calculations: From the photo, I'll assume 5% of the Gigafactory is covered. 5.5 million square feet across 3 floors [1] => 151k sqm of foo
by reitzensteinm 8y ago
Back of the napkin calculations:
From the photo, I'll assume 5% of the Gigafactory is covered.
5.5 million square feet across 3 floors [1]
=> 151k sqm of footprint
=> 7550 sqm of solar panels
=> 2.3 MW @ 31% capacity factor [2]
=> 20.1 GWh per year
Tesla Model 3 production @ 252k/yr [3]
=> 80 kWh per Model 3 produced
Enough to fill up a high end Model 3 once...
[1] https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2018/11/30/18118451/tesla-gigafactory-nevada-video-elon-musk-jobs-model-3 https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2018/11/30/18118451/...
[2] http://energy.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/energynvgov/content/Synapse%20Nevada%20RE%20Report%20w%20Disclaimer%20and%20Comments%20112812.pdf http://energy.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/energynvgov/content/Synap...
[3] https://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesla-q1-2019-vehicle-production-deliveries https://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesl...