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Hm. After following ManfromMiddletown's link, and on to this pdf, I find rated power is not 17W but 136W. 17W must be the average power, while 400W for the one-metre wind turbine can only be the rated power. While the size is given as 5486 mm x 394 mm - hence 62.9 W/m².

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by DoDo on Tue Feb 21st, 2006 at 03:37:34 AM EST
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Sorry, that was the first product. The second product, a "Solar Shingle Sell Sheet" (another English word learned...) is the 2195 mm x 305 mm one, truly rated at a mere 17W. And I can't compute: that would be 25.4 W/m², not 11...

Couldn't yet figure out what the significant difference between the two models is. Anyway - assuming 100m² awailable roof surface, that would be about 6290W with the first product and 2540W with the second, giving average powers of 700W and 360W in Germany, the second five-eight times more expensive than four-five 400W wind turbines.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Feb 21st, 2006 at 04:47:28 AM EST
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