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12.2 trillion watt-hours converts to 12,211 gigawatt-hours, and based on 8,760 hours per year, and 197 million square miles of earthâs surface (including the oceans), the earth receives about 274 million gigawatt-years of solar energy, which translates to an astonishing 8.2 million âquadsâ of Btu energy per year.
Often, I'll see solar ovens and burners make energy claims that seem a bit exaggerated.A BTU is the energy required to raise a pound of water, one degree Fahrenheit. Its common knowledge that a square meter above the Earth's atmosphere receives 1350W of solar energy.That equates to 4606 BTU (since 1,000 W = 3412 BTU).