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2 gigawatts of output would require about 8,000 acres of solar panels. The energy density just isn't there compared to gas. https://www.energea.com/understandi
by eagerpace 1y ago
2 gigawatts of output would require about 8,000 acres of solar panels. The energy density just isn't there compared to gas.
https://www.energea.com/understanding-scale-solar-projects/ https://www.energea.com/understanding-scale-solar-projects/
- ben_w 1y agoHow big is the gas field which supplies the gas turbine?
- anl00000007 1y agoThanks for that! Much of Tennessee is deeply forested. 8000 acres is a square 3.5 miles or 5.7 km on a side. Knocking down that much forest hits different than planting poles in dry grassland or desert that prevails in much of the western US.
- throw-qqqqq 1y agoIt requires some square kilometers of panels yes, but it’s definitely possible to do solar farms at that scale. E.g. the Al Dhafra Solar PV project in the UAE has a capacity of 2 GW and covers over 20 square kilometers, using ~4 million panels.