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minus-squareGodnroc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days ago4GW per hour, 24 hours a day would be 96GWh per day. One statistic I found said that it takes 2.97 acres to make 1GWh of power over a year. Converting that to GWh per day per acre gives me 0.000922. Dividing the 96GWh by 0.000922 gives me ~104,121.48 acres or ~402 sq. miles.
4GW per hour, 24 hours a day would be 96GWh per day.
One statistic I found said that it takes 2.97 acres to make 1GWh of power over a year. Converting that to GWh per day per acre gives me 0.000922.
Dividing the 96GWh by 0.000922 gives me ~104,121.48 acres or ~402 sq. miles.