land area for SSP versus ground-based solar Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: land area for SSP versus ground-based solar
# 12264 bywlm_efn@... on Feb. 10, 2012, 7:37 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
I factored in an extra 50% of land for anything else besides the PV's:
power lines, panel supports, roads, latitude adjustment for spacing
the tilted PV's, etc. That would also include the power-storage (or
conversion to fuel) "enormous" or not.