Simple Solar Energy Unit Conversion

A useful conversion for (solar) energy:

1 kWh/m2/day = 317.1 Btu/ft2/day

Using this to determine solar energy production feasibility, based on data from:

  1. http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version2/readmefirst.html
  2. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/old/7904.pdf

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