{"id":749,"date":"2026-09-02T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=749"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:46:27","slug":"like-if-you-would-use-700-watt-solar-panels-how-big-of-a-field-would-you-need-to-power-the-entirety-of-sneek-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"Like, if you would use 700 watt solar panels, how big of a field would you need to power the entirety of Sneek City?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gemini: To power Sneek with <strong>700-watt solar panels<\/strong>, the required field size depends on whether you are powering only residential homes or the entire city (including commercial, industrial, and public services).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Core Assumptions &amp; Panel Metrics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Panel Output:<\/strong> In the Dutch climate, 1\u00a0Watt-peak\u00a0(Wp) produces approximately 0.90\u00a0kWh of electricity per year. A single 700\u00a0W panel generates around <strong>630\u00a0kWh\/year<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Panel Size:<\/strong> A commercial 700\u00a0W panel measures roughly 2.38\u00a0m\u00d71.30\u00a0m\u22483.11\u00a0m2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ground Spacing (Solar Farm Footprint):<\/strong> Solar farms require row spacing to avoid self-shading when tilted and to allow maintenance access. Including access paths, a solar farm requires about <strong>7.0\u00a0m2 of land per panel<\/strong> (a ground coverage ratio of \u224845%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Scenario A: Residential Consumption Only<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sneek Households:<\/strong> \u224816,000\u00a0households<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Average Electricity Use:<\/strong> \u22482,600\u00a0kWh\/year per household<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total Annual Demand:<\/strong> \u224841.6\u00a0GWh\/year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panels&nbsp;Required=630&nbsp;kWh\/panel41,600,000&nbsp;kWh\u200b\u224866,000&nbsp;panels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Land&nbsp;Required=66,000\u00d77.0&nbsp;m2\u2248462,000&nbsp;m2=46.2&nbsp;hectares&nbsp;(0.46&nbsp;km2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Visual scale:<\/strong> Roughly <strong>65 standard football pitches<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Scenario B: Entire City Total (Residential + Commercial + Industrial)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sneek Population:<\/strong> \u224834,850\u00a0residents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total Electricity Use:<\/strong> \u22484,500\u00a0kWh\/capita\/year (accounting for municipal services, retail, and light industry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total Annual Demand:<\/strong> \u2248156.8\u00a0GWh\/year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panels&nbsp;Required=630&nbsp;kWh\/panel156,800,000&nbsp;kWh\u200b\u2248249,000&nbsp;panels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Land&nbsp;Required=249,000\u00d77.0&nbsp;m2\u22481,740,000&nbsp;m2=174&nbsp;hectares&nbsp;(1.74&nbsp;km2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Visual scale:<\/strong> Roughly <strong>244 standard football pitches<\/strong> (or about 5.8% of Sneek\u2019s total municipal land surface).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemini: To power Sneek with 700-watt solar panels, the required field size depends on whether you are powering only residential homes or the entire city (including commercial, industrial, and public services). 1. Core Assumptions &amp; Panel Metrics 2. Scenario A: Residential Consumption Only Panels&nbsp;Required=630&nbsp;kWh\/panel41,600,000&nbsp;kWh\u200b\u224866,000&nbsp;panels Land&nbsp;Required=66,000\u00d77.0&nbsp;m2\u2248462,000&nbsp;m2=46.2&nbsp;hectares&nbsp;(0.46&nbsp;km2) 3. Scenario B: Entire City Total (Residential + Commercial + &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=749\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#171;Like, if you would use 700 watt solar panels, how big of a field would you need to power the entirety of Sneek City?&#187;<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":750,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}