1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

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What is a gigawatt? One billion (109) watts. That’s the total capacity of all the solar panels Suntech has now delivered to customers throughout North and South America. That’s no small amount of energy: One gigawatt of solar panels is... The post 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas appeared first on Solar Feeds.

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  • ggunn
    ggunn Solar Expert Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭
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    What is a gigawatt? One billion (109) watts...

    What's the "109" about?
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  • mtdoc
    mtdoc Solar Expert Posts: 600 ✭✭
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    Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

    I'm guessing 10 to the 9th power
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,439 admin
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    Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

    Or with our fancy new "go advanced" editor that can do 9109:

    109 Watts

    A typical north American home uses around 1,000 kWH or 106 Watt*Hours per month or roughly 1,000 watt average or 103 watts 24x7 by 30 days (actually 1.39 kW average load).

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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