PV Gap

Jose Said:

Can a solar power station be tethered in space to collect the suns energy and sent down to the earth to be use?

We Answered:

It could be, but it is much cheaper to put Solar collectors on Earth.

Hilda Said:

Visit to Sevilla Solar Power Station?

We Answered:

Hey. In this article there are some links to the spanish solar stations plants, where u get all the contact information. I hope it helps you:
http://biotechtouch.blogspot.com/search/…

Edith Said:

would a solar power station be commercially viable in ireland?

We Answered:

it would

Julia Said:

How much land would a solar powered power station supplying energy to a small city take up?

We Answered:

Average UK household uses something like 10kWh/day of electricity.

Assume a city of about 100,000 households (250k or so people, say). Electricity requirements = 1 million kWh/day.

Assume industry average solar cell efficiency of 15%. Using insolation figures for London from here:
http://www.apricus.com/html/insolation_l…

You get 2.61kWh m^-2 day^-1.

Total area needed = total power needed / (power per unit area * efficiency) = 1000000 / (2.61 * 0.15) = almost 2.6 million square metres or 2.6 square kilometres. So for every household, you'd need a 5m x 5m set of solar panels.


This ignores the gas demands you'd have, and it doesn't consider how we get less sunlight in winter!


Living in Malaga, being more energy efficient and/or having more efficient panels cuts the area needed.

Kenneth Said:

where can i buy solar power station?

We Answered:

you'll need about a 10 kw system and a HUGE pack of batteries. The cost of that size system will run $90,000US