# Solar Calculations

Benny transitions from digital-first issuance in Aevitas to renewable energy through Project Solar. To evaluate progress, we define what it means for Benny to be “solar-backed” and the thresholds that mark each stage of development.

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### **Definition of Solar-Backed**

Benny is considered “solar-backed” when it is issued directly as a function of renewable energy output.\
Two complementary measures are used:

1. **Issuance-Based (Primary):**\
   The percentage of *newly minted Benny* in a given period that comes from verified solar output (kWh → Benny).
   * Example: If 1,000 Benny are minted this year and 600 come from solar production, then **60% of issuance is solar-backed**.
2. **Cumulative Supply (Secondary):**\
   The percentage of *total circulating supply* that entered through the solar minting channel since inception.
   * Example: If 5M Benny exist and 2.5M were minted through solar, then **50% of circulating supply is solar-backed**.

Both measures provide clarity: the first tracks momentum, the second tracks long-term anchoring.

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### **Thresholds of Transition**

| % of Issuance from Solar | System State     | Description                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------ | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **0–10%**                | Proof of Concept | Rooftop solar deployments begin. Benny issuance linked to measurable kWh. Demonstrates viability with minimal regulation and community rooftops.                   |
| **10–50%**               | Transition Phase | Rooftops scale into community-level arrays. Treasury reinvests fiat revenue into larger projects. System partially anchored to energy.                             |
| **50%+**                 | Self-Sustaining  | A majority of new issuance comes directly from solar. Fiat revenue from energy sales covers treasury operations and staking yield.                                 |
| **80%+**                 | Energy-Dominant  | Benny is primarily minted from renewable energy. It functions as a store of value directly tied to energy independence. Expansion compounds as solar builds solar. |

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### **Example Conversion Rate**

If the initial rate is **0.001 Benny per kWh**:

* A 100 kW rooftop array (\~12,000 kWh/month) → **12 Benny/month**.
* A 1 MW solar array (\~1.2M kWh/month) → **1,200 Benny/month**.
* As total supply approaches the **20M hard cap**, emissions require proportionally more energy per Benny, tightening scarcity.

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### **Sustainability Benchmark**

The system is considered **self-sustaining** once more than **50% of new issuance** is solar-backed, and fiat revenue from those deployments covers treasury operations without external capital. At this stage, the economy can expand independently, with new solar capacity funding additional growth.


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