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OpenSpecEngineering

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Solar Panel Sizing

Required array wattage from daily energy demand and site sun exposure, Wp = DailyEnergy/(PeakSunHours·ηsystem). Peak sun hours is the number of equivalent hours per day at 1000 W/m² irradiance for your location; system efficiency lumps together inverter, wiring, and soiling losses (0.75–0.85 is typical).

panel array, Wp
Peak sun hours condense a day's variable sunlight into an equivalent number of hours at full (1000 W/m²) intensity.

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