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The Valley of the Sun has 300+ days of sun a year. Perhaps SRP sees the Tesla Powerpack as an existential threat? For the millions of tract homes in the valle
by DoubleCribble 8y ago
The Valley of the Sun has 300+ days of sun a year. Perhaps SRP sees the Tesla Powerpack as an existential threat? For the millions of tract homes in the valley, a decent setup (panels/battery) would allow MONTHS without needing any electricity from the utility. An industrial sized solar farm, could do the same for businesses.
Regulatory capture may be their only way to survive.
- sandworm101 8y ago>> An industrial sized solar farm, could do the same for businesses. Some businesses. I'm not a fan of urban sprawl. Inside cities most businesses don't have the space for wind/solar. Stadiums couldn't ever be self-sustaining on solar. Nor should they. A business with very irregular power demands would require lots of unneeded storage/generation capacity. (Think a concert hall doing five shows in a busy week and none the next.) There will always be a place for on-demand grid-provided power. The nature of how power is generated may change but grids of wires will be a thing for a very long time.
- tracker1 8y agoDepends on the stadium... here in Phoenix they could just cover all the spaces in the parking lot with solar panels. Though the actual benefits to the planet may not be as great as advertised, and it was always heavily subsidized.