Finally! Solar farms are good for the desert. Quote: “☀️Research from China suggests that solar panels are in a symbiotic relationship with the desert they are installed in. 🌵Their shade creates a more hospitable environment for plant life, revitalizing the ecosystem.” Source: https://glassalmanac.com/china-confirms-that-installing-solar-panels-in-deserts-irreversibly-transforms-the-ecosystem/
Archive for the ‘Solar’ Category:
2025-03-22 List Ranks Countries By Wind/water/solar Power As A Percent Of Total Electrical Use
The US is down low on the list. One reason is because the US has 96 nuclear power plants that generate about 20% of the total power. But new wind and solar are being built in many states so the US will be higher in the list as years pass. Here is the source of
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2025-03-19 Solar Panel Cleaner Sprays Dust Away
https://www.facebook.com/NiftyThriftybymetdaan/videos/953912510279200/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-03-05 Solving Renewables Recycling In The US
Matt Ferrel describes how renewables – solar panels and wind turbine blades – and battery storage are being recycled.
2025-02-22 ‘Chaotic’ USDA Funding Freeze Stalls Rural Renewable Projects
The grantees of the US Department of Agriculture entered into a contract for grants to help pay for their renewable electricity projects. Now this funding freeze is withholding the money, in violation of their contracts. It looks like they should be hiring lawyers to take the US government to court and sue for the money
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2025-02-14 Solar Panels On Fire
The dummies reversed the first part of the video. https://www.facebook.com/reel/997150115653351/?mibextid=9drbnH
2025-01-25 Tesla Becoming Fastest Growing Power Company
Sam, Electric Viking tells about Tesla Electric’s Megapacks, also about a 2 year waiting list, which will be reduced when the Megafactory opens in China.
2025-01-24 Each Cubic Foot Of The Sun Generates Less Heat Than A Toaster
And some other startling statistics about the Sun. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1050215970233023/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-12-22 Tesla Sells 200 Megapacks To Solar Project In Chile
Article said it’s a 228 Megawatt battery project. https://renewablesnow.com/news/colbun-selects-tesla-megapacks-for-228-mw-battery-project-in-chile-1268464/
2024-12-21 Solar Finally Goes Exponential
Sam (the Electric Viking) tells us about a Renewables futurist and how China is installing renewables that are the equivalent of five nuclear power plants *a week*!! China has surpassed 1 Terawatt of solar capacity in 2024. Global installed solar capacity has hit two terawatts! It took 68 years to reach 1 Terawatt Solar capacity,
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