For a home, you planned to install a solar photovoltaic system. While measuring, you got the peak electrical load as 15kW and you decided to meet the all load by solar photovoltaic system during peak sun shine hours and life time of the system is 20 years. Consider the peak shine hours as 6 hours for that location with the solar intensity of 1000W/m2.  (1) Calculate the total PV power generation from the system for its entire lifetime. (2) Calculate the loss in PV power generation if the solar intensity is reduced to 800W/m2 and 500W/m2 for 3 years.

Solar panel measurement is continuous; one side is about 10 meters and the other is about 16 meters.   What is the area covered by the solar panels (in square meters)?   How much solar power is coming to the solar panels? (state your assumptions)   Assume each solar panel is rated for about 100 W of generating capacity. What is the total generating capacity of the whole solar garden?   How much power is being generated each day during this period? (based on the table below)   What does that indicate about the efficiency of these panels in converting solar energy into electricity?  Compare to your answers for B and C. Here are some meter readings and the date: Date kWh   6-Oct 12536   14-Oct 13053   8-Oct 12653   12-Oct 12934   20-Oct 13216 Before class 20-Oct 13218 After class 27-Oct 13423 After class For extra credit, guess the meter reading on Thursday, November 5 at 7:45 am.