What do you assume the size (in area) will be? I have a feeling you might be overshooting.Pretty darn large solar farm.
Top US coal producer Wyoming just approved a $1.2B solar farm
Wyoming just approved its largest solar farm – 771 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar plus battery storage.electrek.co
Figure that's a good load of private land leased solar footprint. 1.2 million solar panels spread over 3500 acres.
cowboystatedaily.com
I read that article last week. Interesting to see if this actually happens. I doubt it will, with the economic clouds on the horizon. All that energy to run "carbon neutral" data centers.Figure that's a good load of private land leased solar footprint. 1.2 million solar panels spread over 3500 acres.
Huge 1.2 Million-Panel Wyoming Solar Farm Gets Green Light To Build
The largest solar power project in Wyoming — a $1.2 billion, 1.2-million panel farm -- on Tuesday was given the green light to start building. It will supply electricity to the incoming data centers which will be built in south Cheyenne.
I can already hear the Washington Coasties blame their power outages on the wind not blowing in Montana.Montana helping out WA.
Wind farm construction begins near Rapelje
Washington’s Legislature in 2019 passed the Clean Energy Transformation Act, mandating among other things that utilities get coal power out of customer rates by the end of 2025. The rule will force Bellevue-based PSE and Spokane-headquartered Avista Corp. out Colstrip Power plant. But with...www.news-journal.com
Oh yeah, as a user of the electricity, I'm certainly going to complain. But it's using battery storage so maybe I won't have to. And the wind in Rapelje doesn't blow for only 4-6 days every year on average, so I feel like I need to have a back-up item to complain about.I can already hear the Washington Coasties blame their power outages on the wind not blowing in Montana.
