[danbruc]

I have zero confidence that this illustration is based on even a single actual number. What would a full lot area circle mean? As if there is any standard solar farm size. But even if you just take the mean or average solar farm size in some region at some point in time, shouldn't that then be a full circle? And the typical solar farm covers only the area of three building lots? This has almost certainly been drawn by the marketing department based on nothing.

[nautilius]

Also, simply cramming more cells into a certain footprint does not simply scale the yield in the same way - there’s only so much energy coming from the sun per unit area. I understand (?) that the whole concept is to go for ‘rays that are otherwise lost’ but it’s an apple to mole rat comparison at best.