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Lost Energy

One of the most remarkable things about this energy flow chart from Lawrence Livermore Labs is the amount of energy lost getting it to where it is used--56% of the total, or 134% of what we use.

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This is part of what makes distributed generation so compelling.  You use the energy harvested from your PV array onsite.  No system losses.

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