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Title: {Mine} Is solar power really economical?
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URL Source: http://www.northfortynews.com/pvrea ... ommunity-solar-farm-goes-live/
Published: Jan 30, 2015
Author: North Forty News
Post Date: 2015-01-30 17:24:02 by SOSO
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Air National Guard couple set to deploy Larimer County’s Senior Tax Work-Off applications accepted starting Feb. 2 PVREA’s second community solar farm goes live By NFN On January 29, 2015 In Dispatches · Add Comment Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association initiated into production on Jan. 29 the cooperative’s second community solar farm. The 632 kW Community Solar Farm II, located north of Fort Collins, is generating power for members of PVREA who have purchased panels to offset their electric use. In a partnership with Clean Energy Collective, this project makes two community solar farms for PVREA. “We recognized the demand for another renewable energy option from our membership, and the overwhelming success and 100 percent sellout of the first solar farm provided us the incentive to establish our second community solar farm,” PVREA CEO Jeff Wadsworth commented. The cooperative’s first solar farm located at the co-op headquarters is 116 kW powered by 494 solar panels. The second solar farm is more than four times larger with more than 2,200 panels generating 632 kW. Members who are interested have the opportunity to purchase solar panels through Clean Energy Collective. The energy generated from their purchased panels is deducted from their monthly bill. According to Clean Energy Collective, the average residential member is estimated to see a bill credit of $5 per month per panel and will receive their return of investment in a little over 13 years. This solar farm adds to the cooperative’s growing renewable energy portfolio, which already includes the cooperative’s first solar farm project, over 160 net-metering applications, the Carter Lake Hydroelectric project and the Green Power Program.
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#2. To: SOSO (#0)
Ask Germany. US Media doesn't like to talk about it much - busy with wars. Most of Germany is north of the state of Washington (northern border at 49 degrees latitude)- for example- Berlin: 52° North Latitude. And while the US has been busy with bombing and invading country after country, Germany has actually paved the way to their own energy independence. Germany set a world record for solar power production with 24.2 GW produced at midday on April 17, 2014 Couple Solar with Hydrogen production: electricity + water = Hydrogen and it's the future of energy. http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Hydrogen-Future-Mario-Pagliaro/dp/1849731950/ Anyone can make Hydrogen Solar Hydrogen will make oil obsolete- have you seen the new Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars? Hyundai is leasing one now and Toyota will sell one in the US this summer and Honda will sell one next year. The end of the Petroleum age is here and few seem to notice or care. If Washington DC wanted the US to be energy independent they would have done something about it in the last 40 years. Now they will have to watch as other countries take the lead.
Ask Germany. Are you sure that you want to do that? Germany's actions to convert to renewables and shut down it nuclear generation capacity has been an unmitigated disaster. Please do a reality check.
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The German solar PV industry installed 7.6 gigawatts (GW) in 2012[10] and 7.5 GW in 2011,[11] and solar PV provided 18 TWh of electricity in 2011, about 3% of total electricity.[5] On midday of Saturday May 26, 2012, solar energy provided over 40% of total electricity consumption in Germany, and 20% for the 24h-day. The federal government has set a target of 66 GW of installed solar PV capacity by 2030,[12] to be reached with an annual increase of 2.5–3.5 GW,[13] and a goal of 80% of electricity from renewable sources by 2050
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Germany
Neuhardenberg Solar Park 145 MW
Finsterwalde Solar Park, Germany, 80.7 MW
Waldpolenz Solar Park, Germany, 40 MW
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Is solar power really economical?
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