Solar Power Generation

[Barquentine]

Our house uses 8kWh per day (on average per our electricty bill). Does anyone know what the very best solar panels are capable of generating? I'm off to Google the answer but if anyone knows I'd be grateful to find out. Thanks.

[Androcles]

Googled it and found:

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generate-y our-own-energy/Solar-electricity

This suggests that to meet your 8kWh per day, you may need a large installation!

[buildersmate]

You're wasting your time looking at this technology at present. You will not recover the cost of investing in the panels for the payback on the value of electricity it generates.
Give it a few more years and things may well be different.

[kujawski]

a 150 watt panel cost about �400,
so youll need about 50 of these to supply 8000 watt.
but thats all at the same time

but with batteries, and an inverter dependant on what would be the max amount of watts at any one time, but i would guess 5kw would be more than enough at any one time ie: cooker, water heater etc etc

gets quite complicated, firstly you need to work out , how much is constantly used , and the peak, then work out how many batteries you need to supply that for one day, then, work out how many panels would be needed to charge them back up again

[Ecsintl]

If you want best solar panels Of all panel types monocrystalline typically have the highest efficiencies and power capacity. But even with the same number of cells, monocrystalline panels are capable of producing more electricity.