At a certain location, the solar power per unit area reaching the Earth’s surface is 235 W/m2,?
At a certain location, the solar power per unit area reaching the Earth’s surface is 235 W/m2, averaged over a 24 hour day. If you live in a house whose average power requirement is 3 kW and you can convert solar power to electric power with 14 percent efficiency, how large a collector area will you need to meet all your household energy requirements from solar energy?
answer in m^2


3000 watts / 0.14 = 21400 watts power to te arrays
21400 watts / 235 W/m² = 91.2 m²
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