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How much energy would this solar panel produce?

Rated in kilowatts, what is the maximum output of one 8 by 10 solar panel? Assume this solar panel is located at the equator for maximum sunlight.
i’m using feet in the u.s.

The world record efficiency for a solar panel is about 42%. At the equator, you can get up to about 1000W m^-2.

The efficiency of commercial cells tends to range from 10-20%. They’re almost all single junction cells, so will never exceed 31% efficiency.

To work out your maximum power output, multiply 1000 x efficiency (as a decimal) x area covered.

So an 8m x 10m solar panel would be 80 square metres. At 15% efficiency its peak output would be 12000W or 12kW.

Total energy output will be different, since it won’t be maximum power output all the time. In fact, it will more likely generate something like 20% of its maximum theoretical output, since the Sun won’t always be overhead (and sometimes it’s night!). The 12kW panel above might have a mean output of 2.4kW, or 57.6kWh/day.

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