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*If we take just the electric production, then we have 700M rooftops.
*If we take just the electric production, then we have 700M rooftops.
*Each Campus produces 500 homes per year. 1M homes means we would have 2000 Campuses in the USA. Market size is large for the USA alone. And a global market about 4x this [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/u-s-share-of-global-economy-over-time/]. Thus, 8000 Campuses worldwide. But. That is still only 4M rooftops, 200x less than what is needed.
*Each Campus produces 500 homes per year. 1M homes means we would have 2000 Campuses in the USA. Market size is large for the USA alone. And a global market about 4x this [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/u-s-share-of-global-economy-over-time/]. Thus, 8000 Campuses worldwide. But. That is still only 4M rooftops, 200x less than what is needed.
*Installed powerplants are 60k of them and 6TW total installed [https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28392#:~:text=An%20estimated%2062%2C500%20power%20plants,are%20all%20hydroelectric%20power%20plants.]
*Installed powerplants are 60k of them and 6TW total installed [https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28392#:~:text=An%20estimated%2062%2C500%20power%20plants,are%20all%20hydroelectric%20power%20plants.]. Typical area is 1 sq mile, so we have 60000 sq miles of power plants .

Revision as of 16:57, 21 August 2023

Global Energy Production

  • 170M GWhr
    • 22k TWhr in electricity production
  • Let's take the total, and put it on solar roofs.
  • Our house has 12kW each. That is 26MWhr per year, or 0.03 GWhr annual
  • This is 5.6B homes. That is more homes than exists today.
  • If we take just the electric production, then we have 700M rooftops.
  • Each Campus produces 500 homes per year. 1M homes means we would have 2000 Campuses in the USA. Market size is large for the USA alone. And a global market about 4x this [1]. Thus, 8000 Campuses worldwide. But. That is still only 4M rooftops, 200x less than what is needed.
  • Installed powerplants are 60k of them and 6TW total installed [2]. Typical area is 1 sq mile, so we have 60000 sq miles of power plants .