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How are you getting to 1000 kWh/m2/yr? From what I can find, Saudi Arabia is one of the best locations for solar power globally, and they have a total solar in
by semi-extrinsic 6y ago
How are you getting to 1000 kWh/m2/yr?
From what I can find, Saudi Arabia is one of the best locations for solar power globally, and they have a total solar influx of 2300 kWh/m2/yr. Commercially available solar panels have efficiencies of 22% at best.
For the second point: I'm not saying people aren't recycling solar panels in a good way. I'm saying it doesn't look like the cost of that is significantly lower than for cleaning up after nuclear power.
- Tade0 6y agoYeah, you're right - I confused m2 with kW. It's 1000kWh/kW/yr or in other words 1000h/yr. I'm saying it doesn't look like the cost of that is significantly lower than for cleaning up after nuclear power. Raw solar panels currently cost less than 45 Euros per m2 and since these companies recycle them and still get ahead, it can't be expensive.