Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I think the general public vastly overestimates the power production capabilities of solar, if the number of people who suggest I power the electric car with PV is any indication. They need to see a thread like this to get a better idea.
|
Here is my
daily consumption (including hot water and heating) vs my
weekly production in kWh for the last 8 weeks :
- OPH = Off Peak Hours (10:30PM - 06:30AM) : 12.98 kWh/night
- PH = Peak Hours (06:30AM - 10:30PM) : 27.63 kWh/day
- day = OPH + PH : 40.61 kWh/day
- PV/week : 12.79 kWh/week = 1.83 kWh/day
ie I'm currently consuming by night what I'm producing in one week... Happily in summer I'll produce daily around 75% of my daily consumption
Remarks :
- This production is done with 23 mē (~207 sq-ft), which correspond to 3kWc. How much sq-ft can you put on the roof of a car ?
- My PV system is static (roof integrated) so its orientation isn't optimized as it would be on the roof of a car,
- There is a correlation between consumption and production. During 1st week, the heating system was misconfigured... Week 7 was the coldest. Weeks 5 (Xmas week, far from home) & 8 were warmer and sunnier that previous ones.
Denis.
__________________
Earth absorbs 1.8 t CO2/head/yr, while a French generates 6.2 t CO2/yr
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.- kg saved 06/08-08/09: 1816.9+382.9 (ecodriving / 1420mi not driven) = 2199.8
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
(2.66 kg/l diesel)
- kg saved by 3kWc photo-voltaic solar panels : 187 kg/yr
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
(59.1 g/kWh)
Radioactive wastes saved by 3kWc photo-voltaic solar panels :
- Long life (>100,000 years) : 2.85 g/yr (0.9 mg/kWh)
- Short life (<300 years) : 31.7 g/yr (10.0 mg/kWh)
Based upon "official" French figures...