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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


One Response to “At a certain location, the solar power per unit area reaching the Earth’s surface is 235 W/m2,?”

  1. billrussell42 says:

    3000 watts / 0.14 = 21400 watts power to te arrays

    21400 watts / 235 W/m² = 91.2 m²

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