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re: 1600 Acre Solar Farm coming to St. Landry Parish
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:47 am to SuperSaint
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:47 am to SuperSaint
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devils three way?
You picked up on some funny gay jokes in the clink.
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Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:47 am to LSUballs
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There's a 3,000 acre one being built by my house. On some of the best ag land in the world. It's asinine.
Oak Ridge?
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:48 am to Rize
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They are trying to lease our ranch down in Texas for $1200 an acre per year for 25 to 30 years. That’s with a 3% annual increase.
Must be close to existing cross country transmission lines.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:49 am to member12
GOOBERMENT
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:53 am to Rize
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I’m worried about when the funding runs out and I’m left with a few hundred acres of Solar panels.
If it’s NextEra energy doing it they put money in an escrow account that covers cleaning up the site at the end of the lease. They are offering to buy at $20,000 ac in our area on some land that would normally sell for about $14 to $15 thousand per acre.
NextEra is the big dog in solar farms.
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 8:57 am
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:54 am to highcotton2
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Must be close to existing cross country transmission lines.
Correct. What used to be a huge barrier to development is now an asset to landowners.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:56 am to member12
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We are completely stupid with our land use.
and our elected officials are subsidizing this stupidity with our tax dollars..
Posted on 4/25/23 at 8:58 am to highcotton2
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If it’s NextEra energy
Solid company to work with. They do it right. We have a wind farm and 2 substations of theirs. Working on a big solar project in west Texas on different land also.
And the reality is as long as they use new Tier 1 modules, the leaching is basically non-existent.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:00 am to Rize
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I’m worried about when the funding runs out and I’m left with a few hundred acres of Solar panels.
Someone else will step in and manage it. No ones leaving a MWs of power out there doing nothing.
ETA also the funding can't run out. It's all taken up front in a tax credit. The revenue is just regular PPA like every other gen type.
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 9:54 am
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:02 am to frequent flyer
Why not load up deserts with solar panels before ever putting them on fertile, forested lands?
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:03 am to GREENHEAD22
quote:how?
These are going to turn into mini superfund sites off over the land.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:04 am to East Coast Band
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Why not load up deserts with solar panels before ever putting them on fertile, forested lands?
People don't live in deserts. Generation needs to be at least somewhat close to the load demand.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:07 am to East Coast Band
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Why not load up deserts with solar panels before ever putting them on fertile, forested lands?
Transmission and storage of power which is why the mini-nukes are going to be the bee's knees, not turning farmland into being useless outside of the meager power production from solar panels. Just hope to god that no storm breaks those panels and that shite leaks into the ground.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:07 am to Honest Tune
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Oak Ridge?
Yep
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:15 am to East Coast Band
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Why not load up deserts with solar panels before ever putting them on fertile, forested lands?
Generation needs to be close to load demand (consumers of electricity).
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:16 am to crewdepoo
quote:After the local baws start shooting all that glass with .22’s.
how?
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 9:19 am
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:18 am to East Coast Band
quote:Proximity to demand like others said, but I agree we shouldn't be using potential farmland for this. Solar panels go on rooftops, land area which is already in use for other purposes. It has the bonus side effect of preventing some energy from getting inside the structure so we don't have to expend more energy removing it. Also it doesn't get any closer to the point of demand than on the fricking roof.
Why not load up deserts with solar panels before ever putting them on fertile, forested lands?
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:20 am to nolatiger711
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Seems like they can fit a lot more in that picture
My assumption is the gap allows for the panels to adjust to the angle of the sun's rays through the year and especially when it's low in the sky.
As well as other factors like cooling, maintenance, etc
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:21 am to LSUballs
quote:Same N of Shreveport, heard a large tract, some irrigated, under lease or option to lease for panels. There’s another timber tract Mooringsport/ Oil City direction supposedly going into panels.
There's a 3,000 acre one being built by my house. On some of the best ag land in the world. It's asinine.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 9:22 am to Korkstand
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Proximity to demand like others said, but I agree we shouldn't be using potential farmland for this. Solar panels go on rooftops, land area which is already in use for other purposes. It has the bonus side effect of preventing some energy from getting inside the structure so we don't have to expend more energy removing it. Also it doesn't get any closer to the point of demand than on the fricking roof.
Tesla solar roofs look pretty legit.
Elon has got it figured out. You can buy his electric car, charge it at your home powered by his solar roof and watch porn on the internet provided by his starlink.
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