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green for victory

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24. Thanks!
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 02:07 AM
Sep 2012

And I will!

Here's a Canadian Solar plant in Ontario of all places (known for sun)

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Sarnia Photovoltaic Power Plant near Sarnia, Ontario in Canada, in September 2010 was the world's largest photovoltaic plant with an installed capacity of 97 MWp.

In 2009, Ontario introduced a Feed-in tariff renewable energy payments program paying up to CDN 44.3 cents per kW·h for large ground arrays such as the Sarnia plant.[5] This makes Ontario's one of the top feed in tariff programs in the world.

Phase I (20 MWp) was completed in December 2009.[6] Phase II (60 MWp) was completed in September 2010 at a cost of C$300 million. The project was developed by Enbridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarnia_Photovoltaic_Power_Plant

Here's what the US Builds:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Bondsteel

About those German solar power plants... [View all] Playinghardball Sep 2012 OP
America has no sol. nt valerief Sep 2012 #1
k r for solar! DonRedwood Sep 2012 #2
SoCal should cover every roof top with solar panels abelenkpe Sep 2012 #3
+ 10,000 n/t truedelphi Sep 2012 #4
Because they don't love self-sufficiency nearly as much as they love money.... djean111 Sep 2012 #5
Efficency upgrades are the cheapest way to add capacity Mopar151 Sep 2012 #19
along the highways. robinlynne Sep 2012 #6
so should Texas justabob Sep 2012 #9
The largest impediments in CA are environmental ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #13
Not so much for rooftop XemaSab Sep 2012 #21
So go for localized microgrids a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #51
That becomes a cost issue, though many more of them would drive that down ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #61
I am (slowly) building up a solar furnace, using a combo of steam and thermocouple a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #62
Advantage of PV is that aside from occasionally rinsing them off, residential installations require ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #63
I prefer the solar thermal, as it is less fragile... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #64
The key issue as I see it is user expectations ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #69
some of it is fun, and some os a royal fun in the neck... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #71
And Northern Cal. And the other 49 states too. progressoid Sep 2012 #35
Why German industry is thanking the Green party pampango Sep 2012 #7
Fabulous malaise Sep 2012 #11
only the most wasteful, most frivolous Americans would be against this fascisthunter Sep 2012 #8
Solar is a feelgood myth. wtmusic Sep 2012 #43
Yeah, Ummmm... What's your point? fascisthunter Sep 2012 #65
Then how can Germany generate enough energy to replace 20 nuclear reactors? randome Sep 2012 #67
Yes - misleading. wtmusic Sep 2012 #68
You do realize that in Spain, they have a solar power plant that generates electricity AT NIGHT. Zalatix Sep 2012 #76
And I bet there's a huge conspiracy to stop it, too. wtmusic Sep 2012 #77
Only the greedy oil baron like Koch bros and others would be against this. If they could monopolize nanabugg Sep 2012 #50
Gigawatts per hour? n/t sl8 Sep 2012 #10
Do you realize how many volts per minute that is?? wtmusic Sep 2012 #42
Far too many, I can tell you that. Zoom in really close on the fence in the picture ... sl8 Sep 2012 #53
Ach du lieber wtmusic Sep 2012 #54
I think we can generate Confusious Sep 2012 #66
Amazing considering their climate and we have Cleita Sep 2012 #12
I was going to mention their climate too Victor_c3 Sep 2012 #14
Guess what? Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #17
Solar Two tower was demolished green for victory Sep 2012 #18
Sorry, wrong picture.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #23
Ivanpah will be super when it comes online next year! green for victory Sep 2012 #26
I'm gonna get all "scifi" here for a sec. On Star Trek they use ionized gas to store power.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #29
It's hard to move plasma around. DetlefK Sep 2012 #31
The plasma we are familiar with is high temperature,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #34
We can go even lower in plasma-temperature: DetlefK Sep 2012 #78
Most of the time when we think of putting plasma in a container it's in magnetic suspension,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #80
It would loose its electric charge and the plasma would turn into normal gas. DetlefK Sep 2012 #81
"Ah, you are thinking of the self-recharging battery in a light-saber!" Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #82
It's a start, but we need so much more like solar panels on every roof throughout the very Cleita Sep 2012 #25
They are saying we need the rooftops to be white too in order to reflect the heat back into space. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #30
39 percent of BP is American owned... 2on2u Sep 2012 #32
Thirty nine percent? Try again. Any company that is 10% foreign owned should not be Cleita Sep 2012 #37
Amazing, but sorely misleading. wtmusic Sep 2012 #46
They also use wind, which we also have an abundance of. Cleita Sep 2012 #47
It's possible a young child created the OP graphic wtmusic Sep 2012 #52
pics green for victory Sep 2012 #15
Welcome to DU! XemaSab Sep 2012 #22
Thanks! green for victory Sep 2012 #24
SoftBank Solar Park, Kyoto, Japan Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #27
So, why ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #16
Corporate welfare. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #20
Obama mentioned building a smart grid in the 2008 run. If he gets majorities it'll happen.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #28
Power company/coal/rail/gas lobbyists SoCalDem Sep 2012 #33
The natural gas industry adores solar wtmusic Sep 2012 #48
Sorry, but Confusious Sep 2012 #49
So are you saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #72
There have been rumors swirling to that effect for years XemaSab Sep 2012 #73
Because it would take a quarter of Arizona Confusious Sep 2012 #39
Not to mention roughly a quadrillion dollars in solar panels wtmusic Sep 2012 #44
Frothy optimism ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #74
Forward thinking... wtmusic Sep 2012 #75
Republicans block every thing that might help America Berlum Sep 2012 #36
I had a candid conversation with our real estate agent yesterday. DCKit Sep 2012 #38
Grid tie is a sales plus, stand alone rarely is unless you are truely remote ProgressiveProfessor Sep 2012 #70
We're remote enough that we could afford to quadruple the size of the system.... DCKit Sep 2012 #79
I just came across this quote which sums up right campaign strategies in a nutshell WhoIsNumberNone Sep 2012 #40
Um, producing "22 gigawatts per hour" makes no sense whatsoever wtmusic Sep 2012 #41
Watt hours are used by electric utilities. aandegoons Sep 2012 #55
Well I'll be damned. wtmusic Sep 2012 #56
You are right aandegoons Sep 2012 #60
Reuters corrected their article: sl8 Sep 2012 #57
they would really use the word demon here in hazard ky jackbnimble Sep 2012 #45
Paintsville here. I know the feeling. nt Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #58
welcome to DU jackbnimble wtmusic Sep 2012 #59
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