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Whats the annual energy output of the average solar panel.?
What is the average annual energy output of solar panels that can be installed on the home?
The energy output is highly dependent on the location. For a specific area, you can look up the equivalent peak sun hours per day here:
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/redbook/atlas/
Let’s say that it says the peak sun is 5 hours / day in your location. Then a typical 200-watt panel would have 5 x 200 = 1000 wH = 1.0 kWh per day, or 365 kWh annually. The tables above already take into account average cloudy days, and seasons.
A typical size installation would have perhaps 16 of these panels, but it could be less, or much more.
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