This YouTube short from Electric Viking talks about how much money rooftop solar will save over their life. But what got me to notice was how much cheaper Australians pay to install solar. I guess the US charges very high tariffs on Chinese solar equipment and that causes the cost to go up.
Archive for the ‘construction’ Category:
2024-07-30 China Has Installed More Solar Power Capacity Than The Rest Of The World Combined
https://youtu.be/yfzYK4NJHHU?si=gP95z8Dk7mhDw99P A more detailed article about China’s and other countries’ PV:https://internationalbanker.com/finance/china-continues-expanding-its-global-dominance-in-solar-power/ “”China has installed more solar power capacity than the rest of the world combined, both last year and this year… In fact, it has installed more than 600 gigawatts since November 2023.””Sam said at time 3:25 in this YouTube video (later he said according
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2024-05-28 US Offshore Wind: Is It Dead In The Water?
The US has a huge amount of land with a very good supply of wind, and this has been developed with a large amount of WTs – wind turbines. Iowa has a lot of WTs, but Texas is the WT leader by far, with over 30 Gigawatts of installed WTs. Installing WTs is relatively easy
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2024-04-31 S. C.’s V. C. Summer Nukegate Scandal
Cost overruns from $9 Billion to $25 Billion, most of which customers will have to pay with higher bills. Construction delays of many years costing Billions of dollars. Executives convicted and served terms in federal prison. Incompetent nuclear engineering and Westinghouse bankruptcy. And the whole project was abandoned. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal?ref=floodlightnews.org
2024-04-28 US Plan To Upgrade 100k Miles Of Transmission Lines In 5 Years
Short article about deployment of enhancements such as high performance conductors. Quote: “”…and up to $331 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a new 285-mile transmission line that will carry more than 2 gigawatts (GW) of transmission capacity from Idaho to Nevada.”” The US just came up with a plan to upgrade 100k miles
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2024-03-25 Ohio Solar Farm Largest US Agrivoltaics Project
Very short article. Ohio’s largest solar farm will be the largest US agrivoltaics project. The Oak Run Solar Project is 800 MW, with 300 MW battery storage. Ohio’s largest solar farm will also be the US’s largest agrivoltaics project
2024-03-23 Pennsylvania To Build Its Largest Solar Farm To Replace Coal Power Plant
Great! One less coal plant. There are more than 100 more coal plants that need to be shut down ASAP. Pennsylvania’s largest solar farm will replace its largest coal plant
2024-03-01 Innovative Dome Shaped Homes In S. Dakota
Dome shaped homes use cellular concrete 20% with 80% air, which makes it a good insulator. In the Pine Ridge Reservation in S. Dakota. They founded “In Our Hands” non-profit. Short video. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1889790898142946?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-02-06 Offshore Wind – Most Residents Support wind Farm Construction
This poll was released today. It’s not necessarily impartial. I love to hear that 68% of US coastal residents support offshore wind farm construction. But there are NIMBYs that don’t want the turbines for a number of reasons, most of them unjustified. 68% of US coastal residents support offshore wind farms – here’s why
2024-01-22 Largest US Solar-Storage Project Goes Online
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
