Calculate the area required to house your solar power plant

Calculate the area required to house your solar power plant

Area Required For Solar Power Plant

  • Input your panel efficiency and solar plant capacity
  • Based on your inputs, we will calculate the roof area required for your system
  • Area of solar panels depends on its efficiency. Higher efficiency panels, require lower area

Area Required For Solar Power Plant


Efficiency of solar panels
Check with your panel datasheet

%

Solar capacity required

kW
Type of Solar Panel Efficiency Limits(%)
Monocrystalline 15-21
Polycrystalline 13-16
Thin-film 7-13

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“; } mysql_close($conn); $a=((10*$c*16)/$e); echo “

Area Required For Solar Power Plant


Inputs

Results
Solar capacity required “; echo number_format($c);echo” kW
Solar panel efficiency “; echo number_format($e);echo”%

Results

Shade-free roof area required“; echo number_format($a,2);echo” Sq. m.

Assumptions
  • This calculation assumes that 16% efficiency panels require 10 Sq.m. for every kW, at your location.

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