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Total world energy consumption is about 16 Terawatts. The article reports Germany's solar production peaked at 22 Gigawatts. That's over 0.1% of humanity's use,
by spenrose 14y ago
Total world energy consumption is about 16 Terawatts. The article reports Germany's solar production peaked at 22 Gigawatts. That's over 0.1% of humanity's use, from a single country covering a land area smaller than California. We have just begun to exploit solar PV power generation.
- eru 14y ago> [...] from a single country covering a land area smaller than California. To be more precise: From a single, cloudy and relatively cold country. California isn't really the right comparison.
- spenrose 14y agoApparently it was very sunny that day, and cool temps actually help PV efficiency IIRC.
- SagelyGuru 14y agoYes but we are still a month away from the longest day, so the chances are that this record will be broken again, soon.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoTo be even more precise: during a period of only a few hours during an extremely sunny day.