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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 a
by 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 agoAlso for managing to be so dependent on Russian gas it torpedoes a lot of measures to contain them