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First of all, if this should have went in the Engineering section, I'm sorry... I wasn't sure where to write this post.
If a solar panel on Earth's surface can gather say 100W/m^2 in full sunlight, how much would the same solar panel be able to gather in space, outside of Earth's atmosphere? In other words, how much energy that could be absorbed by a solar panel on Earth is blocked by the atmosphere?
(Assuming the distance between the space solar panel and the Earth solar panel is small compared to the Earth-Sun distance, so the space panel's being closer or farther away from the sun has no bearing)
Can anyone point me to a source that has this information? I tried finding one, but had no luck.
Thanks!
If a solar panel on Earth's surface can gather say 100W/m^2 in full sunlight, how much would the same solar panel be able to gather in space, outside of Earth's atmosphere? In other words, how much energy that could be absorbed by a solar panel on Earth is blocked by the atmosphere?
(Assuming the distance between the space solar panel and the Earth solar panel is small compared to the Earth-Sun distance, so the space panel's being closer or farther away from the sun has no bearing)
Can anyone point me to a source that has this information? I tried finding one, but had no luck.
Thanks!