How many pounds of solar panels does it take to generate a megawatt hour of electricity? Assuming each solar panel has a lifetime of 25 years and using US-wide generation data from the EIA, we calculate it takes 3.2 pounds of solar panels to generate a megawatt hour of electricity.
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