Michael S. Lorrey writes:
> Assuming 365 days of 10 hours of sunlight for ten years is quite a stretch,
> Spike. Even in California.... ;)
1) 10% conversion efficiency and 10 years lifetime is a very conservative
estimate. I'm not sure whether 500 W/m^2 @ 10 h is too high or too
low, but I would imagine slightly too low, as the solar constant is
~1.3 kW/m^2.
2) solar cells do not require direct sunlight to generate
juice. diffuse daylight does nicely, especially when we're talking
about amorphous cells.
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