San Antonio plans to build world's largest solar energy farm
CPS Energy ratchets up investment in solar
By Tracy Idell Hamilton The CPS solar farm would be four times bigger than the current world's largest, Sarnia Solar Project in Ontario, pictured above. Photo: Courtesy Photo / SA Quote:
|
I saw that this morning. I'm very proud of City Public Service for taking the initiative in renewable energy and putting it's money where it's mouth is.
|
Great news, renewables really are booming world wide as they should be.
|
best in the world? in america?
|
So the two largest solar energy farms would be in Texas. There's also another big one planned for Austin that was also touted as being the largest. What's to be seen is the actual construction start on them. I guess financing is an issue.
|
Props to Texas; they deserve it.
This is an example of what can happen if environmentalists stop being two-faced dicks and stop complaining about desert tortoises... |
Well, solar energy has very little negative environmental impacts. The only drawback is it requires a lot of land. Of course that's something Texas has a lot of.
There's been more complaining from environmentalists here about windy energy since the giant wind turbine blades pose a threat to birds. Texas has several hundred species of birds, many of which are endangered, especially along the coast where a large chunk of the wind farms are and are planned for. |
:cheers: It's all about solar. Key to the future of humanity. I've written extensively about this elsewhere, and the possibilities of solar are infinite - and when I say "infinite," I'm almost being literal. It's not possible for most people today to comprehend the size of the potential they're about to open up.
Quote:
Quote:
|
It doesn't say where the plants will be located. In the cities themselves?
|
Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale |
Quote:
Quote:
|
Quote:
And the land requirement does not even need to be an issue with solar. There are millions of rooftops begging for solar panels. It's the perfect spot for solar panels, no additional land needs to be altered. Even the Sears Tower in Chicago is being turned into a solar power plant with new a new "solar facade" |
damnation! Solana in AZ is "only" going to be 280 Megawatts. http://www.aps.com/main/green/Solana/default.html
Kudos to Texas. |
Quote:
BTW, historical trends have us reaching Type I status some time around 2230. Of course, that ignores the exponential growth potential of photovoltaics. |
You know to be fair, I can see how parts of the desert environment in southern California could be sensitive.
On the other hand, in Texas we've been drilling thousands of oil wells and carving roads out of the landscape for nearly a century now, and it wouldn't be doing any additional harm if you used existing oil fields as solar farms |
Quote:
Sooo... you'd rather have California get it's solar energy from Nevada and Arizona? Screw that. |
Quote:
No matter WHERE solar farms come into being, I support them. Texas, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, wherever! The more the better! Aaron (Glowrock) |
All times are GMT. The time now is 8:52 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.