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What the comment wanted to say is that the power per unit of ground surface area is fixed for a given location and time, i.e. it does not matter [1] whether you cover a given area with panels angled towards the sun or lying flat on the ground, at least if one only looks at the available power. There is of course a difference in the solar panel area required to cover a given area of ground surface - solar panels lying flat on the ground will obviously have to have the same area as the ground surface area while panels angled towards the sun will only require a fraction of the ground surface area equal to the sine of the angle of the sun above the horizon.

[1] For a sufficiently large area so that effects on the edge are negligible.




You could write a few pages of all the things that the power available depends on, but you don't need to because it's fixed relative to the variables under consideration.




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