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You have been provided with a model of high-performance monocrystalline solar cells for building a solar farm to generat

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You have been provided with a model of high-performance
monocrystalline solar cells for building a solar farm to generate
electricity. This model of solar cell has a size of 15.6cm15.6cm,
an open circuit voltage of Voc = 0.63 V, a short circuit current of
Isc = 9.1 A, and a fill factor of 0.77. You have identified a site
with a land area of 10 km2 to construct the solar farm. The site
has a solar radiation intensity of 1000 W/m2 from 8am to 18pm, when
the sun is out. Assume solar radiation is 0 from 18pm to 8am during
the evening.
(a). What is the maximum power output of this model of solar
cell? [3 marks]
(b). What is the efficiency of this solar cell in converting
solar energy to electricity? [4 marks]
(c). What is the peak power output of this solar farm, if the
site is completely covered by this model of solar cells? [4
marks]
(d). If you have funding to also build an energy storage system
onsite to store the electricity generated during the day for
consumption during the evening (no sunlight) so that the solar farm
can output a constant electric power throughout the day, what is
this constant electricity power output
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