When you are looking at solar panels or wind turbines and they say how much power they can produce, 2400 watts or 5,000 watts or whatever, what unit of time is that figuring? Is that per hour of ideal conditions? Per day? To me if it says 2.5 kWh, that sounds like 2500 watts an hour, but I’m no expert.
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If something is quoted as having an output of 5000 watts, then it can produce 5000 watts.
If it doesthat continuously for one hour, it will have produce 5kWh.
Solar panels should produce somewhere near their rated output every day you have clear sunshine, but only when the sun is shining directly at the panels. During the morning and later afternoon, the power output will be less.
Wind turbines havve the ability to produce power night and day, but will need quite a strong wind to produce their rated output.
Here in southern Spain, sunshine is much more likely than a brisk wind.