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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:25 PM Original message |
World's Largest Solar Plant Planned in Bay Area (430 MW per year) |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why isn't the government helping build more of these factories |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. because the government is owned by the oil companies?? |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Good answers |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. At this point in time the government is run by oil companies...I don't |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Excellent. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's nothing short of criminal that such a plant hasn't been built here... |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. I hope there will be 100 of them soon...! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is 430 MW the average, or just under ideal conditions? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Peak wattage is almost always quoted, unless they say otherwise. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 10:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So most likely less than 100 MW per year then? |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Depends on what they meant by 430 MW. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Most warranties are 20-25 years now (80% of original capacity) |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. What most people don't fathom about this article... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. To me, the domestic hi-tech job creation is the more impressive news. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Other US PV manufacturers are expanding production capacity |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks. This article had a little more than the last thread on this. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Supposedly this project is going to be using some newfangled type of solar |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-11-06 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. This should also drop prices for solar panels! |
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