It’s 875 MW solar and 3 GWh of energy storage. The 4600 acre site with nearly 2 million solar panels is not far from Edwards AFB, California. Largest US solar-storage project goes online
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2024-01-06 Renewables ASAP Could Save 10 Trillion Dollars – Oxford Researchers
Quote “”Transitioning to a decarbonised energy system by around 2050 is expected to save the world at least $12 trillion compared to continuing our current levels of fossil fuel use.“” Quote: “”Professor Farmer adds, “The world is facing a simultaneous inflation crisis, national security crisis, and climate crisis, all caused by our dependence on high
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2024-01-04 Wisconsin’s Largest Solar Farm Now Online
Badger Hollow Solar is 3500 acres, 830,000 bifacials on trackers and 300 MW, built in two phases. The second phase just came online. Wisconsin is expected to add 3.78 GW solar over the next 5 years. Wisconsin’s largest solar farm is now fully online
2024-01-03 Elon Tells About Powering The US With A 100 Mile Square Solar Farm
Elon Musk talks about generating enough power from a solar farm 100 miles by 100 miles, plus batteries to power during darkness.
2023-12-29 Dispatchable Renewables: 540 MW PV Plus Storage In S. Africa
Quote: “”Dispatchable Renewables are the future.”” Scatec’s 540MW PV + 1,140MWh Battery Storage Project In South Africa Begins Supplying Electricity To National Grid
2023-12-29 Solar Canopies Serve Three Purposes: Charging, Generation And Shade
I like getting in a car that’s not roasting hot. One thing the companies and organizations are doing is installing solar canopies in parking lots. It’s what Tesla did in the lot over the row of superchargers at Gigafactory Texas. And those canopies give cars shade. There are millions of acres / ares of parking
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2023-12-26 Rejuvenating Old Solar Panels
This is new to me. But solar panels are getting so inexpensive that it may be cheaper to replace them. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/technology-rejuvenate-old-solar-panels?fbclid=IwAR30x1JpCMipqs7cAe2wfCy1EvAMAF2ut_iTMWBB4_cZkKtiNZg6CxJRn18
2023-12-24 Electric Viking Tells Us About Tony Seba, RethinkX
Sam Electric Viking tells about Tony Seba and his predictions. A lot of changes are going to happen by 2030.
2023-12-18 Solaria Acquires 500MW PV Modules For Euro .093/W
That seems to be about $40 for a 400 Watt panel. I just wish the average consumer could buy 2 dozen of them for that much. That’s less than a thousand dollars! Solaria acquires 500 MW of photovoltaic modules for €0.093/W, a price at historic lows
2023-11-25 Heliowing Freestanding Solar Canopy
This Heliowing solar canopy uses a single support pillar. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/freestanding-solar-canopy-installed-less-150000790.html
