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I was curious how much power that actually put out, since it seems enormous to me. According to this: https://www.power-technology.com/projects/desert-sunlight-
by mysterydip 3y ago
I was curious how much power that actually put out, since it seems enormous to me. According to this: https://www.power-technology.com/projects/desert-sunlight-solar-farm-california-us/ https://www.power-technology.com/projects/desert-sunlight-so... the 3600 acres produces 550MW.
My next question naturally was how does that compare to a nuclear power plant? According to https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=104&t=3 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=104&t=3 : "The Prairie Island nuclear plant in Minnesota has two reactors, each with about 520 MW net summer generating capacity (the smallest reactors operating in the United States)"
Is solar going to be able to meet the demands placed on it with these various "x% by 2050" type goals? With electric vehicles consumption is only going up. Do we have enough land near the areas that demand the most power?