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I recall some years ago T Boone Pickens had a plan for a large scale wind project throughout the midwest, but it fell through for various reasons. At what poin

• amenghra 10y ago
  Look at https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3772801,-120.0623295,12136m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3772801,-120.0623295,12136m/... Keep zooming in until you see cars and buildings. Then you'll realize how big this plant is (it's not even the largest such project, just the first one I could pinpoint on a map).
• 15charlimitdumb 10y ago
  in terms of efficiency not for the foreseeable future. hydrocarbons are essentially condensed solar power. when will it become more economically efficient to move and assemble all the materials for a solar panel vs extracting hydrocarbon stored energy (sapiens living in poverty can't care about the environment of tomorrow if they are struggling to thrive today, admittedly this is my global view)
  • erikpukinskis 10y ago
    Now ish
• Symbiote 10y ago
  There's this one in Morocco, which covers 450ha. It had EU funding, I'm not sure if you are wondering when something similar would be profitable without subsidy. (But could any big project be constructed in Morocco without government subsidy?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Solar_Power_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Solar_Power_Station http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161129-the-colossal-african-solar-farm-that-could-power-europe http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161129-the-colossal-africa...