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You only need about 1kW to run a local inference machine. Even a 5kW array is overkill if you are using it during sunlight hours.

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Weather.

If you want 1KW reliably off grid (24/7 with 24kwh battery) (let’s assume 5 hrs solar insulation) you’ll need around 20kw of panels. Even then, you’ll have occasional shortages in inclement weather.

If you are on the grid (theoretically unlimited battery, just averaging over the year) you’ll need 4.8 kw of panels.

Batteries are the hard part of solar.

Exactly. I really hope that the price will come down far enough that I can bridge two days, that would have a huge effect. I'm typically many MWh in the plus over a year but during the winter months it's just terrible, and they're ending the metering arrangement here this year.

I am lucky that weather is not a problem here, and yes we are grid connected. So I am 100% net positive on solar inference with 5kW.

Nice. Our campus is off-grid , so we have to deal with storage. We store 24 hours, and run about 20x on panel capacity so that even overcast days are sufficient… but we have massive surplus power on sunny days.

> Even a 5kW array is overkill if you are using it during sunlight hours.

Angle of incidence, time of the year, daylight hours, battery charging.

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