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I don't want to say so, but...so? At Intel scale, they're able to buy carbon offsets or - gasp! - install their own solar/wind in their properties. The municipa

by hguant 5y ago

I don't want to say so, but...so? At Intel scale, they're able to buy carbon offsets or - gasp! - install their own solar/wind in their properties. The municipal and state governments are I'm sure bending over backwards to get the plants and infrastructure investment, a permit to run whatever solar/wind/renewable they want is probably chump change for them.

llbeansandrice 5y ago
I'll eat a sock if they bother with solar in Ohio. I guess it's better than nothing but large parts of Ohio just don't get that much sun. Wind is much more likely.
- adamcstephens 5y ago
  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-behind-another-ohio-solar-farm-as-company-pushes-for-more-renewable-energy/ar-BB1fPa6p https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-behind-another-ohio... I doubt socks are tasty, but please let us know.
- reportingsjr 5y ago
  Cincinnati (where I live) is about half a year away from completing the largest city financed solar array in the US [0,1]. Ohio gets plenty of sun, in fact it averages more sun than _anywhere_ in Germany which is known for it's solar [2,3]. In Ohio for residential, which is a good bit more expensive than commercial/utility scale solar, the payback period is about 12 years[4], well within the margin of getting your money back and then some. 0: https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor/news/cincinnati-to-construct-nation-s-largest-city-led-solar-project/ https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor/news/cincinnati-to-const... 1: https://newmarketsolar.com/ https://newmarketsolar.com/ 2: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/assets/images/solar-annual-ghi-2018-usa-scale-01.jpg https://www.nrel.gov/gis/assets/images/solar-annual-ghi-2018... 3: https://solargis.com/file?url=download/Germany/Germany_PVOUT_mid-size-map_156x220mm-300dpi_v20191205.png&bucket=globalsolaratlas.info https://solargis.com/file?url=download/Germany/Germany_PVOUT... 4: https://www.energysage.com/local-data/solar-panel-cost/oh/ https://www.energysage.com/local-data/solar-panel-cost/oh/
  - tick_tock_tick 5y ago
    > in Germany which is known for it's solar Pretty sure Germany is more know for poor green energy planning, burning more coal, and instance on non optimal strategies for power generation (killing nuclear).
    - Torifyme12 5y ago
      Also for managing to be so dependent on Russian gas it torpedoes a lot of measures to contain them
- Melatonic 5y ago
  Germany has TONS of solar and I would bet Ohio gets more sun
  - onepointsixC 5y ago
    Well objectively yes Ohio gets more sun per m^2, but neither Germany nor Ohio are particularly good places to build solar[0]. They would be much better try something else like Nuclear or wind. [0]: https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?c=20.797201,-46.494141,3&s=40.081175,-82.808786&m=site https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?c=20.797201,-46.494141,3&s...

by hguant 5y ago

llbeansandrice 5y ago

I'll eat a sock if they bother with solar in Ohio. I guess it's better than nothing but large parts of Ohio just don't get that much sun. Wind is much more likely.

adamcstephens 5y ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-behind-another-ohio-solar-farm-as-company-pushes-for-more-renewable-energy/ar-BB1fPa6p https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazon-behind-another-ohio... I doubt socks are tasty, but please let us know.
reportingsjr 5y ago
Cincinnati (where I live) is about half a year away from completing the largest city financed solar array in the US [0,1]. Ohio gets plenty of sun, in fact it averages more sun than _anywhere_ in Germany which is known for it's solar [2,3]. In Ohio for residential, which is a good bit more expensive than commercial/utility scale solar, the payback period is about 12 years[4], well within the margin of getting your money back and then some. 0: https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor/news/cincinnati-to-construct-nation-s-largest-city-led-solar-project/ https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor/news/cincinnati-to-const... 1: https://newmarketsolar.com/ https://newmarketsolar.com/ 2: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/assets/images/solar-annual-ghi-2018-usa-scale-01.jpg https://www.nrel.gov/gis/assets/images/solar-annual-ghi-2018... 3: https://solargis.com/file?url=download/Germany/Germany_PVOUT_mid-size-map_156x220mm-300dpi_v20191205.png&bucket=globalsolaratlas.info https://solargis.com/file?url=download/Germany/Germany_PVOUT... 4: https://www.energysage.com/local-data/solar-panel-cost/oh/ https://www.energysage.com/local-data/solar-panel-cost/oh/
- tick_tock_tick 5y ago
  > in Germany which is known for it's solar Pretty sure Germany is more know for poor green energy planning, burning more coal, and instance on non optimal strategies for power generation (killing nuclear).
  - Torifyme12 5y ago
    Also for managing to be so dependent on Russian gas it torpedoes a lot of measures to contain them
Melatonic 5y ago
Germany has TONS of solar and I would bet Ohio gets more sun
- onepointsixC 5y ago
  Well objectively yes Ohio gets more sun per m^2, but neither Germany nor Ohio are particularly good places to build solar[0]. They would be much better try something else like Nuclear or wind. [0]: https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?c=20.797201,-46.494141,3&s=40.081175,-82.808786&m=site https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?c=20.797201,-46.494141,3&s...