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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is it true that you can get 4kwh per day per square meter? My average electricity consumption is ~15kwh/day, so if I can potentially offset most of my grid usage with just 4 square meters of solar panel, that seems very attractive. I live in a tropical country btw.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

No, 4kwh is about the daily amount of sun hitting 1 square meter. Solar panels can capture about 20% of that

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