• prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    I don’t think that number is correct. Their source does say “monthly” in a few places (though notably, not next to the actual figures) but I think that’s the daily average. Other sources [1] [2] also yield numbers closer to 6.6 kWh/day.

    So it won’t need 100 m^2 of solar panels per household; it’ll only need about 3-4 m^2 of solar, which is also in line with what a residential rooftop installation would look like.

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      15 hours ago

      Monthly definitely sounds more correct, since that puts it at a pretty realistic 220W/m^2 with 12h of sun per day.