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  1. August 28th, 2012, 12:10 PDT #1
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    Default 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

    What is a gigawatt? One billion (109) watts. That’s the total capacity of all the solar panels Suntech has now delivered to customers throughout North and South America. That’s no small amount of energy: One gigawatt of solar panels is... The post 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas appeared first on Solar Feeds.

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  2. August 28th, 2012, 14:17 PDT #2
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    Default Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

    What is a gigawatt? One billion (109) watts...
    What's the "109" about?
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    Default Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

    I'm guessing 10 to the 9th power
    Array 1: Sanyo HIT225 X 8 on Wattsun tracker. Array 2: Evergreen ES-E-225 X 12 on shed roof. Midnite e-panel with Outback GVFX3648, FNDC and Classic 150 X 2. 436 AH AGMs. Honda eu2000i X 2. Meanwell PB-1000-48.
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  4. August 28th, 2012, 16:38 PDT #4
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    Default Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

    Or with our fancy new "go advanced" editor that can do 9109:

    109 Watts

    A typical north American home uses around 1,000 kWH or 106 Watt*Hours per month or roughly 1,000 watt average or 103 watts 24x7 by 30 days (actually 1.39 kW average load).

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