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Originally Posted by Oblomow View Post
It's given in kWh/month/m2. To obtain the total energy harvesting of your module, multiply this figure by it's power rating (as they are rated for 1kW/m2 incoming radiation power)*. So for a 1Wp (Watt peak) panel that you leave outside in the sun during the whole daylight time, you can expect ~50Wh per month to be produced in October, ~180Wh in June, and maybe ~15Wh in December. A full charge is 8Wh, plus about 20% charging losses (rough estimate) you need 10Wh to charge your battery.
This is a very strange calculation. Can you elaborate? At which step did you include the surface area?