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The Wikipedia article says: "The plant burns natural gas each morning to commence operation... In 2014, the plant burned 868×109 British thermal units (254 GWh)
by sema4hacker 1y ago
The Wikipedia article says: "The plant burns natural gas each morning to commence operation... In 2014, the plant burned 868×109 British thermal units (254 GWh) of natural gas emitting 46,084 metric tons of carbon dioxide...".
I never knew until today that solar plants require fossil fuels.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoOnly solar thermal plants, solar PV plants do not require fossil generation for keeping an energy transfer medium hot, boilers, etc.