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kristopher

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4. More like 1,666,666 homes per year, every year the factory is operating

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 10:43 AM

Nov 2015

ETA the post you originally wrote - you changed it at 1138AM:

. 500 houses per year, $100,000 per house
10MW/house/year (6-16, 11 Avg)
5GW = 500 houses/year
20 years = 10,000 houses
$1B -> $100,000 / house

Across 20 years quality thereby quantity will rise. Factory won't die just because of 20 years passes.

Basic info:
1 w > 1000w = kw > 1000kw = mw > 1000mw = gw > 1000gw = tw

Globally, a good starter system for a home is 3KW.
That gives the 1.6+M homes per year.
The $1B is the cost of the plant; you can't extrapolate from that the full final cost of the panels, but you know that with that kind of output, the investment in the factory is only a small fraction of the cost.

BTW, Samsung is also building a battery factory the size of Tesla's gigafactory.

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China's Tongwei Group Plans World's Biggest Solar-Cell Plant (5GW/yr) [View all] kristopher Nov 2015 OP

This should exacerbate the heavy metal pollution in China's crop land. NNadir Nov 2015 #1

No, it shouldn't - in fact, just the opposite kristopher Nov 2015 #3

Really? I would guess that the unenlightened really have no idea about Chinese mining... NNadir Nov 2015 #9

Interesting choice of arguments kristopher Nov 2015 #19

Wow! As always, we have another case of someone knowing nothing about nuclear energy... NNadir Nov 2015 #22

As usual you write a wall of nonsensical text to divert from not addressing the issue kristopher Nov 2015 #23

Um...um...um...yeah...yeah... NNadir Nov 2015 #37

This is what moving away from fossil fuels (and nuclear) looks like kristopher Nov 2015 #38

Just to clear things up, this plant WILL NOT produce and electricity. Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #11

Exactly dumbcat Nov 2015 #14

Are you saying you expect your panels to suddenly go kaput in 3 years? kristopher Nov 2015 #16

No, I don't dumbcat Nov 2015 #17

There's no problem with my reading comprehension kristopher Nov 2015 #18

And that is exactly the problem with your reading comprehension dumbcat Nov 2015 #20

I get the idea from the words you write. kristopher Nov 2015 #21

You've been doing this for 25 years and don't seem to understand the basics of the warranty? Finishline42 Nov 2015 #34

I stand corrected. I read that 10 yr figure a long time ago, Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #25

What a load of crap. kristopher Nov 2015 #28

So when somebody points out an error I made, I should do what? Stand my ground Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #30

You didn't make an "error", you made a deliberate false statement kristopher Nov 2015 #32

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service Orrex Nov 2015 #36

I used to use a 10 year estimate dumbcat Nov 2015 #35

2 million homes each year. 50 years to minimally finish the US. Festivito Nov 2015 #2

More like 1,666,666 homes per year, every year the factory is operating kristopher Nov 2015 #4

The number of houses that 5GW/Year represents. eom Festivito Nov 2015 #5

You might want to learn what a "GW" is first. kristopher Nov 2015 #6

Oops. Monday. I was treating 5GW-year as power, not 5GW per year as energy. Festivito Nov 2015 #7

Yeah... Oooops... Riiiiiiiiight.... More like 1.67 million homes per year. kristopher Nov 2015 #8

{Sigh} This is really sad dumbcat Nov 2015 #10

They understand. kristopher Nov 2015 #12

What you just said dumbcat Nov 2015 #13

It follows from the words you typed. kristopher Nov 2015 #15

The answer is simple. Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #24

You are right, it is simple kristopher Nov 2015 #26

The truth will set you free... Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #27

I don't have a problem dealing with the truth kristopher Nov 2015 #29

There comes a time in a discussion when you realize that Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #31

Playing the innocent lamb after trying to pass off RW falsehoods on a liberal forum? kristopher Nov 2015 #33