It seems to me that all else equal, this new panel should generate just less than twice the power of the old tiles (22% versus average of 7-17, 12%). Saying you should get roughly 50% more, I thought may be a brainfart by the guy (refering to 50% of the new, not old tile)..but then he goes on to say using half as many tiles. I think maybe he just forgot a few words in there and it would make a whole lot more sense if he said
"you should get roughly 100 percent more power per square foot of roof area than the average solar panel, or could use half as many panels."
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It seems to me that all else equal, this new panel should generate just less than twice the power of the old tiles (22% versus average of 7-17, 12%). Saying you should get roughly 50% more, I thought may be a brainfart by the guy (refering to 50% of the new, not old tile)..but then he goes on to say using half as many tiles. I think maybe he just forgot a few words in there and it would make a whole lot more sense if he said
"you should get roughly 100 percent more power per square foot of roof area than the average solar panel, or could use half as many panels."