http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/germany-fine-failure-3618/ Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/germany-fine-failure-3618/#comment-763 Anonymous User Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:51:54 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/06/26/germanys-fine-failure/#comment-763 When will journalists that the watt is not a unit of energy? Installed watt ratings are only remotely related to energy output. PV installations probably never reach full output even for an hour per year. That is why solar industry promoters talk about cost per watt rating rather than cost per watt-hour output. They also fail to mention that output drops every year. After 20 years the installation is pretty well useless.Germany has wasted a lot of money on solar installations that provide trivial and unreliable energy output. When will journalists that the watt is not a unit of energy? Installed watt ratings are only remotely related to energy output. PV installations probably never reach full output even for an hour per year. That is why solar industry promoters talk about cost per watt rating rather than cost per watt-hour output. They also fail to mention that output drops every year. After 20 years the installation is pretty well useless.Germany has wasted a lot of money on solar installations that provide trivial and unreliable energy output.

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