re: What do you people have against solar farms?

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I would love to see the cat 4 rating hold up for Hurricane Laura.

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My buddy has a ground mount residential system thats 30kW and the eye of Laura passed over his house. No damage and he ran off his solar and batteries for a month waiting for the power to get restored.

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You think the community of Gillis will benefit from a solar farm? ETA the already wealthy land owners will benefit from leasing their land and none of the power generated will supply local power. It would generate a handful of local jobs because solar farms don’t require upkeep.

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I’m not sure how this justifies their opposition. Why does someone’s use of their own property have to benefit the community? It would be one thing if the use hurt the community, but unclear how that would be the case here.

unfortunately.........it is.

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has very predictable cash flows

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Predictable inefficiency as well. Solar systems are notorious for severely underperforming the rated kw/mw output, and cloudy make them only as reliable as the meteorologist.

Why do you think it won't go to supply local power? Where else would the power go?

Timber is cheaper today than 2004. All the assets in Louisiana stay the same price for decades, nat gas, oil periodically stays same as early 2000s

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Why do you think it won't go to supply local power? Where else would the power go?

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This is a funny topic.

You can't really control where the electrons go unless you build the lines to directly supply it where they want to, which is insane. No ones doing that.

But financially, it can have an impact because the local community won't realize cheaper rates from the solar if Amazon bought it and it's part of a PPA agreement for them 2 states over.

They destroy the natural habitat far more than any other source of energy compared to the output you receive.

Washington Parish destroyed thousands of acres for a pittance of energy. Land that deer, rabbits, birds, snakes etc. utilized, not to mention the destruction to the ground and insects due to the amount of weed killer and insecticide they have to spray regularly.

The fake environmentalist will scream about fracking but ignore this destruction, and when these are no longer useful they get buried in a landfill. And then there is the heating of the air. A solar farm might as well be a parking lot.

Washington Parish's solar farm could change the energy landscape in Louisiana

Seven solar farms in the state are now sending electricity to Entergy customers in New Orleans and across Louisiana.
Author: Paul Murphy / WWL Louisiana
Published: 6:19 PM CDT May 2, 2023
Updated: 6:19 PM CDT May 2, 2023
WASHINGTON PARISH, La. — Washington Parish is one of the most scenic rural areas in Louisiana.
From its piney woods to its rolling hills, the so-called toe in the boot of the state is as country as you can get in a region better known for its bayous and Mardi Gras.
Solar panels now rise from pastureland where cows and horses once roamed.

It destroys land to send power to Entergy customers south of the lake. So no, it doesn’t go to local customers. Our local co-op WST that covers most of Washington Parish, plus large areas of St. Tammany and Tangipahoa Parishes seems to be miles ahead of Entergy and Entergy of New Orleans when it comes to reliability. These companies offer money to people that’s hard to turn down, while destroying land to send power to people that live in cities that claim to care about saving the planet, but that’s not really the case for a lot of those hypocrites.