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You can't compare TW and TWh in that way (one is power, the other energy). With solar the way that TW translates to TWh is a little complicated, but it sure isn
by mjb 4y ago
You can't compare TW and TWh in that way (one is power, the other energy). With solar the way that TW translates to TWh is a little complicated, but it sure isn't 1:1 (probably closer to 1:2000).
- pooper 4y agoJust curious, did you get 2000 as in eight hours a day, five days a week? It just reminds me of the rough estimate of the number of hours worked in a year which I find funny to think about the sun going to work in an office for five days a week, eight hours a day. 8 * 5 * 50 = 2000 so the sun gets two weeks vacation a year :)
- 10u152 4y agoJust on this, depending on location there are "rules of thumb" based on hours of sunlight, cloud cover etc. Where I live the rule of thumb is 4. So 1 KW of panels will make around 4kWh a day, averaged over the year or about 1460 a year.
- TheCoelacanth 4y agoI think more accurately the sun puts in incredibly long hours, but isn't working at full productivity for a lot of it (maybe if it cut back to a normal 40 hour work week it would get more done).