PV Gap

Patsy Said:

If I have a one mega watt solar power plant and selling the energy for .20 cents how much will that generate?

We Answered:

If the panel is running at full capacity it will produce 1 MW which is 1000 kW. For every hour it is running you will get 1000 kWh. Therefore, for every hour it is running you will make $0.20/kWh x 1000 kWh = $200.

Keep in mind that the panel will only get at most 10 hours of sunlight, and that most of the time it won't be running at peak capacity due to cloud cover, angle of the sun, inefficiencies in converting from DC to AC, etc.

BEST CASE SCENARIO (but highly improbable)is that you're making $2000/day.