The new Cottbus Solar Park covers 3500 hectares or 35 square kilometers or 13.5 square miles – huge!! It holds 4.2 million bifacial solar panels generating 2.2 Gigawatts. That’s a lot! It’s on a former coal mine in Brandenburg. Germany has plans for 28 GW more solar. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Jav6nMgpffLuSBDuT3MjQcLQ3bvYVMaPP7U4VTDuuoJ6neQaJhrcnLBwQeyJsPbUl&id=61577817790681&post_id=61577817790681_pfbid0Jav6nMgpffLuSBDuT3MjQcLQ3bvYVMaPP7U4VTDuuoJ6neQaJhrcnLBwQeyJsPbUl&mibextid=CDWPTG
Archive for the ‘Solar’ Category:
2026-05-08 Germany Proves Agrivoltaics Are A Win-win – They Do Not Take Away Farmland
“”The expansion of solar energy has always carried one tension with agricultural nations that no policy document resolved cleanly: solar farms require land and farmland is finite. Germany found a way to make that tension irrelevant by installing solar panels above active crop fields in an approach called agrivoltaics where the same land produces food
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2026-05-05 American Homes Need Heat Pumps, Not Space Heaters
This Grist article makes some very good points. Important! “Insulate, insulate, insulate.” “Double pane windows.” “Do not burn fossil fuels in your home. Install heat pump HVAC.” However it says, “… Heat pumps join electric vehicles and induction stoves in increasing demand on the grid.” I don’t agree. The heat pumps should reduce the amount
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2026-04-08 OMG!! China Just Finished The Largest Energy Project In Human History — 50 Gigawatts From The Gobi Desert.
2026-04-08 OMG!! “”China just finished the largest energy project in human history — 50 gigawatts from one location in the Gobi Desert. The Kubuqi Desert Renewable Energy Megabase covers 100,000 hectares of Inner Mongolia with 35 gigawatts of solar and 15 gigawatts of wind across the same landscape. Construction required 280,000 workers over five years
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2026-04-08 Plans To Change Unused Farmland In California To A 21 GW Solar Project, Probably The Largest In The World.
Plans to change unused farmland in California to a 21 GW solar project, probably the largest in the world. https://www.facebook.com/reel/968024809035097/?mibextid=CDWPTG
2026-02-04 Agrivoltaics In Netherlands Short Video
There are 700 acres of crops under the solar panels. 😍👍 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1451693053143891/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2026-01-13 Cost Of Power – US Dollars Per Megawatt
Graph showing drop in renewables over the last decade or so. https://www.facebook.com/100083516882613/posts/pfbid029T4wi3N5BUTjGarpzSCddu4E3vEA5S1Hxdd8D1X3ZYHWGbSvYYdmR9JTdXmZKjzRl/?mibextid=Nif5oz
2026-01-07 A Good Synopsis of BESSes From Dave, JHAT
400 GWh of BESS – battery energy storage systems, worldwide as of the end of 2025. Rapidly replacing the gas peaker plants. Western Australia is an excellent example.
2026-01-06 Will Quantum Dots Double The Solar Efficiency?
“”Quantum dots are smashing the 33.7% solar efficiency wall with a theoretical potential of 66% to 80%. Unlike standard panels that generate one electron per photon, these “artificial atoms” use Multiple Exciton Generation (MEG) to trigger two or more. This breakthrough is fueling a market projected to skyrocket to $3.9 billion by 2035.”” POLARIS https://www.facebook.com/reel/888005373811370/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-12-12 Australia’s Battery Revolution Is Pushing Gas Out Of The Grid Support Business
And it’s not a minute too soon!! Australia’s battery revolution is pushing gas out of the grid support business https://www.facebook.com/100050608264103/posts/pfbid0B1uyxmhPv8RqXBJz2PKmCkNqDu5HVsduG9KmfVJ4xQtsVPTcoHnLvE6r9pCLMLxal/?mibextid=CDWPTG
