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So, they shut down a coal plant to rely on...another coal plant for power generation. How exactly did it 'replace' the last coal plant?
by martin1b 3y ago
So, they shut down a coal plant to rely on...another coal plant for power generation. How exactly did it 'replace' the last coal plant?
- ceejayoz 3y agoWhat? No. They're replacing it with solar generation. > With 565 megawatt-hours of storage, the battery can’t directly replace the coal plant’s energy production, but it works with the island’s bustling solar sector to fill that role. “We’re enabling the grid to add more clean renewable energy to the system to replace the energy from the coal plant,” Keefe said.
- Night_Thastus 3y agoGiven the small area of the islands and the less-than-flat terrain, I'm surprised they went solar. Have hydro turbines been considered?
- ceejayoz 3y agoHawaii is not known for its rivers. You don't need flat terrain for solar. China is papering over entire mountains with panels. https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/sd88u7/solar_panels_on_mount_taihang_which_is_located_on/ https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/sd88u7/s...
- bobim 3y agoImpressive and frightening. Trying to patch an ecological horror with an ecological horror.
- nicoburns 3y agoYou need less area than you might think for Solar. Especially somewhere that is sunny like Hawaii.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoWhat other coal plant?