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To: golfer72 who wrote (1347878)3/10/2022 6:51:55 PM
From: Bonefish  Respond to of 1572605
 
For the same land area needed to build a nuke plant a solar farm will put out more electricity.
Need batteries to store it when the sun don't shine. It's always about the batteries.

But it's a work in progress at this time.

wind? NIMBY. But maybe in the middle of Texas.



To: golfer72 who wrote (1347878)3/10/2022 7:29:51 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1572605
 
There's so much land to cover; roofs, parking lots, canals, pastures,...



Mother Of All Agrivoltaics Projects Will Link Solar Canopies, Irrigation Canals



The water-energy nexus meets agrivoltaics in California, with an ambitious plan for covering irrigation canals with solar canopies.
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