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Originally Posted by ken0042
Are you saying that the thousands of people who are currently running on a solar setup like I mentioned are not getting the power from their panels? I've given the math and know of thousands of people doing this. I have even seen a few setups like this running in person. If you wish to disprove me, please do so. Just saying you think I am wrong does not make it so.
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You're getting power; it's just that the winter months are going to be much less than in the summer because days are shorter, the light is weaker and there will be more cloudy periods blocking the light.
Using Germany as an example (which covers a similar latitude range as Southern Alberta), the amount of electricity generated by solar in the Dec/Jan months is about 1/5 of what it is in June/July (page 11):
http://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/down...rmany-2014.pdf