I went to visit the NC solar center after one the finals on May 4 on a sunny day. NCSU is on the fore-front of renewable energy revolution. We have the FREE-DM (the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management center) on Centennial campus in addition of the solar center. What interest me is the new addition of thin film solar panels (fore-ground, 1st row) on 1-axis tracker. Sun light have the potential to generate 1kw/m^2 of electricity. Solar PV electricity is renewable once its installation’s carbon payback time is accounted for. Carbon savings can be considerable (around 1.2 tonnes of CO2 each year) A 2.5 kWp system could provide 50 percent of a household's annual electricity needs. A typical home PV system could save around 1200 kg of carbon dioxide per year – around 30 tonnes over its lifetime. It's great to see the new generation of thin film solar panel up close, it's not only cheaper to manufacture, it's has high efficiency than traditional solar panels. I forgot to take a picture of myself with the solar panels (the date tag should be in the image).
Hello.. I wanted to ask, especially for those of you who have solar panels installed on your home, roughly how much energy do you actually get out of those? Is it enough to power your whole house?
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