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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by cfgvjkljhgfb on Sunday July 24, 2011 @11:54PM (#2801250)
It claims 200MW/150,000 homes = 1.3KW for a US home !!!! So homes in Arizona don't have AC or electrical appliances and are all owned by eco-warriors
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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by chrisvale on Monday July 25, 2011 @01:25AM (#2801469)
the top comment right now has a reference to the EIA which states that the average homes uses 10,896 KWh in a year. divide by 8,760 and you get 1.24 KW average
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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by snowwindwaves on Sunday July 24, 2011 @11:58PM (#2801262)
all of the appliances are not on all the time, sometimes more power is used, sometimes less. 1.3 kw per hour for every hour in the year is the average.
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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by cfgvjkljhgfb on Monday July 25, 2011 @11:55AM (#2803103)
Checked the figures and 1.3Kw is the average (24*365) for Arizona.

Surprising - when I lived in Houston you needed AC running 24x7 for 6months of the year and all the other appliances where electric.

I assume, being in the desert, Arizona is cooler at night and they use propane/oil heating in the winter?

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