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[Gerry321]

Are solar panels on large vehicles viable ?
TT
Heres a thought
I read somewhere in the solar panel world that the most you could expect to get from a roof mounted solar panel on a car is about 5Kwh/day ..enough to power the air conditioning
If this is the case then a vehicle the size of a bus or large van ought to be able to generate at least 25 Kwh/day from solar energy on the roof
The ITM electrolyzer at 80% efficiency can make about 25gms of H2 per Kwh so for 25 kwhr/day you would get about 625 gms of hydrogen or the mileage equivalent of 1.7 gals of diesel
On a large van or bus doing say 100 mls per day at 25mpg this is a saving of almost 50% of the fuel cost
With any surplus H2 stored inside a 75 bar or indeally a 350 bar storage tank for use at a more appropriate later time
mmmmmm......