On: China Installs Nearly 10 Gigawatts of Solar in First Quarter

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That's assuming that all panels are outputting their max all day every day. Obviously not the case, since night and clouds exist.

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Those seem like they are out west, so besides night, they should get fairly good utilization (western China is very much like inner western USA).

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Is there a better way to communicate this news?

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It really depends on the publication's target audiance. For the less technical reader an estimated power output converted to "households" is a good unit of measurement. I think maximum capacity in Gigawatts works well for CleanTechnica.