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Assuming a silicon PV array attains 20% efficiency over a lifetime of 25 years of use, where it is exposed to an average of 250
Assuming a silicon PV array attains 20% efficiency over a lifetime of 25 years of use, where it is exposed to an average of 250 W/m2, what is the total energy output of 1 m2 of PV cells (in joules). What quantity of coal would it replace (at 33% net efficiency)?
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Chemistry The Central Science
Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward
12th edition
321696727, 978-0132175081, 978-0321696724
