Kit Carson coop dumped the Tri-State G&T in order to go full daytime solar. Tri-State’s onerous contract requires a withdrawal penalty fee, but the solar will still be cheaper. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/new-mexico-co-op-dumps-monopoly-supplier-to-offer-more-solar/
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2021-11-26 New 600MW Solar + Battery In Texas
A new billion dollar 600 MW solar + 400 MW, 800 MWh battery storage plant will be built near Uhland, TX in 2022. This is just down the road from Giga Texas. https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/storage/texas-lands-1-billion-investment-in-solar-and-battery-projects/
2021-11-25 Solar $4 Trillion By 2050 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg projects that by 2050 the Solar industry will be a $4 Trillion market.
2021-11-19 100% Renewable Energy Wiki
The Wikipedia wiki 100% renewable energy has some interesting statements. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%25_renewable_energy Quote: << However, recent studies show that a global transition to 100% renewable energy across all sectors – power, heat, transport and desalination well before 2050 is feasible.[5][6][7] Existing technologies, including storage, are capable of generating a secure energy supply at every hour throughout
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2021-11-10 Floating Solar Panels More Efficient
The floating solar farms are 12.5% more efficient than solar on land because the solar panels are kept cooler. The water is also kept cooler. https://youtu.be/D6VvZCEGJ9w
2021-11-05 Solar Panel Life Cycle Assessment
This 8 minute DW video talks about solar panel life cycle assessment. https://youtu.be/EWV4e453y8Y In the E.U. Recycling is compulsory. New processes to recycle panels.
2021-10-24 The Role Of Antitrust Law In Energy Democracy
This 1 hour podcast discusses lawsuits, antitrust against SRP – Salt River Project, among others. This was originally by Solar Cities which was bought by Tesla. Tesla and SRP settled out of court, so sadly the court never got to make a legal decision. This has to do with an electric utility making it difficult
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2021-10-19 Renewables Leading Source US Electricity By 2030 – EIA
According to the EIA, renewables will be the leading source of US electricity by 2030. The EIA says 42%, but they have been too conservative in their estimates in the past. We (the whole world) must be much farther away from fossil fuels by 2030, especially coal. Coal power plants must be gone as soon
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2021-10-17 Solar Floats For Floating PV
I was thinking about a design for floats to assemble together to make a floating solar PV array. These floats would be connected together to make a long carrier for multiple PV panels. The floats would have a channel to carry cabling and cable splices. There would be holes to loop ropes through to tie
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2021-10-14 Steel Mill Runs On Solar Power
Numerous times I’ve heard these doubt mongers say “… but renewables will never be able to power heavy industry.” And I tell them they don’t know what they are talking about. Now we have a real life example of it being done. https://electrek.co/2021/10/14/egeb-a-colorado-steel-mill-is-now-the-worlds-first-to-run-almost-entirely-on-solar/
