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Which insolation maps? I find this hard to believe. Compared to SW USA (or even the east coast), Germany's insolation is pretty bad. The subsidies are all the o
by ndonnellan 14y ago
Which insolation maps? I find this hard to believe. Compared to SW USA (or even the east coast), Germany's insolation is pretty bad. The subsidies are all the only thing bringing solar to Germany (or even Spain for that matter)
See: http://maps.nrel.gov/SWERA http://maps.nrel.gov/SWERA
- wlesieutre 14y agoI don't know the source of their data, but this map from BP Solar puts Germany on par with most of Alaska (and worse than anywhere else in the US) http://www.amerescosolar.com/sites/default/files/insolation_mapweb.pdf http://www.amerescosolar.com/sites/default/files/insolation_...
- dalke 14y agoI looked at that map. (It's rather pretty, too!) It shows N. Germany between 0.5 and 1.0, and S. Germany between 1.5 and 2.0. The g'parent poster commented about southern Germany, so that corresponds to Michigan, New York, or Washington. Going off on a tangent, I lived in New Mexico (5.5 on that table). A friend bought German solar panels for his house. He then had to get an upgraded transformer, because it put out too much power for the stock German one to handle.