IBEW Solar Jackpot

[Omaha Steve]

The IBEW recently built the largest rooftop solar array in the country. And we’ve got the video to prove it.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-1ARBovdNineYUlVFOV3xw

[whereisjustice]

1. happy to be first rec

[Dustlawyer]

2. 2nd REC!

[Hulk]

3. Isn't that nice...

Returned from a trip around Western Europe for about five weeks. Was impressed with the wind and solar visible as we drove through Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria; and then we hit Germany. Holy shit!!!

I know they need to break away from their dependency on Russia and other nations that have them over a barrel because they have so little fossil fuel themselves; but people, wake the fuck up!

Germany has Fields of solar farms! Thousands of them, and we're talking bigger than the token set up on this casino. They have tens of thousands of companies with football field size solar on the roofs, and probably hundreds of thousands of private homes with solar panels and solar hot water panels. Those folks have got their shit together!

Realize the government promotes it! The government gave zero interest loans to companies and private homes to install solar. My good friends we stayed with in northern Bavaria SELL back electricity to the power companies, and they are getting profit from their investments. Granted, it's going to take years to break even, but THEY ARE IN VESTING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY while we are sitting on our thumbs and sucking off the fossil fuel industry teet!

We are #1 at nothing but weapons manufacturing! Certainly NOT leading the way on energy exploration. "Pump that oil, boy". We're fucked!

[hedgehog]

4. Hey - I can totally corroborate your observations - this needs it's own OP over in GD

The only way we're going to move renewables ahead in the US is to make people aware we're falling behind. I really wish Obama would come over hear and make one of his speeches calling for investment in renewables against a backdrop of wind turbines! Heck - there are wind turbines in my Grandma's hometown in the the West of Ireland!


USA! USA!

[Lenomsky]

7. Scotland: Renewables achieved 46.4% of gross electricity consumption in 2013

I reported this Sept 26 ..

Link to OP and article: http://www.democraticunderground.com/112775494

Time to wake up World and get with it Chinese over produced PVC Panels and the price plummeted albeit so did the feed in rate in UK.

[Enthusiast]

5. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

[SmittynMo]

6. Pretty cool.

How much do all those concrete blocks and panels weigh? Even though they are evenly distributed, I certainly hope someone did a structural review of the building. And I didn't see any overall wiring, which has to weigh a lot when done. Yes, it looks awesome.