You want the best value for your money, and knowing all the facts about solar energy is the best way forward. Whether you're looking for whole home mppt solar charge controllerelectricity or heating installation or a portable power supply for camping, it's better to know what's a great deal and what's not. Let's take a look at some more solar energy facts:

- The energy yield of a 1 kilowatt solar power system is approximately equal to the burning of 170 lbs of coal and 300 lbs of CO2 being discharged into the atmosphere.

- At the closing of 2005, the entire global peak power production of installed solar panels was near 5,300 MW.

- The world's biggest solar electric system was claimed by Germany. Their 10 MW Bavaria hybrid solar inverter covers 25 hectares with over 57,000 photovoltaic panels. The new Arnstein solar electric plant in Bavaria is now claiming to be the greatest. It provides 12 MW of energy to about 3,500 households from over 1,400 movable solar panels. However, in the Mojave Desert in North America is the world's largest solar energy plant. It covers 1000 acres of solar reflectors. An amazing ninety percent of the world's presently commercially produced solar power is produced there.

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