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by cshokie 905 days ago
Capacity is the most they can produce at any given time. Solar only produces power during the day. Geothermal produces power 24 hours a day, without any regard for day or night. Therefore for the same “capacity” geothermal will produce more power per day because it produces for more hours a day at the same rate.

(This does not account for any complications such as the cost of that capacity or whether geothermal has other downtime to consider.)

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D'oh, yeah, totally makes sense, thanks!