Sentences with phrase «area of solar farm»

This is 2 1/2 times the area of solar farm required to power the world in 2030.

Not exact matches

Regarding the Solar Farm proposal currently before the Town Board, solar energy is always good, but a large facility has to be reviewed so as to ensure that the adverse impacts, such as the potential impacts on aesthetics and the natural character of the surrounding area, are either avoided or minimized to the point that they are not signifiSolar Farm proposal currently before the Town Board, solar energy is always good, but a large facility has to be reviewed so as to ensure that the adverse impacts, such as the potential impacts on aesthetics and the natural character of the surrounding area, are either avoided or minimized to the point that they are not signifisolar energy is always good, but a large facility has to be reviewed so as to ensure that the adverse impacts, such as the potential impacts on aesthetics and the natural character of the surrounding area, are either avoided or minimized to the point that they are not significant.

«Since it's at a solar farm that's in the area it doesn't matter if you own property at all, or if you live in a forest like me, if you have poor credit, none of that matters,» said Adam Flint, Director of Clean Energy Programs at Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition.

«These findings have implications for airport safety but also have potential applications for agriculture and for alternative energy sources such as solar farms, where birds living and feeding in the area can cause disruption, and around wind turbines where the birds are at risk of collision and the threat to birds can sometimes be a legislative barrier,» Professor Swaddle added.

She and Yung estimate that supporting 300 million people — roughly the population of the United States — would require a solar farm covering 10 per cent of Titan, or the surface area of the entire US.

These properties make the cells ideal for things like windows or roofs, although they are probably less suitable for large - scale commercial applications, such as solar farms, because they need more area to produce the same amount of electricity as more typical silicon - based solar cells.

Global Energy Interconnection (GEI), a vision of a world power grid, was outlined by the State Grid Corporation of China («State Grid») It would be based upon a global network of Ultra High Voltage power lines connecting global power generation including massive wind farm at the North Pole and solar power from equatorial areas to energy users around the world.

Our land's highest, best use is probably a mixture of solar farms in the driest and poorest areas which concentrate water by runoff onto neighboring land used either to return to nature and grow grass (with cows optional) to sequester carbon by building soil and / or be periodically harvested to provide feed for cellulosic ethanol.

Another facet of the reports on Victoria's taxpayers» heroism is that the demands on surface area are far from negligible, at 800 treefree ha for the solar (to match output from a 1600 MW nuclear, multiply that to 16,600 ha; the wind farm will require tree free land of 27,500 ha on the same basis.

On average, a solar farm must cover an area 150 times larger than nuclear to generate the same quantity of electricity as a nuclear plant; wind farms must cover an area 750 times larger.

A solar farm constructed in one of Pocono Raceway's former parking lots will generate enough electricity to power the NASCAR facility as well as about 1,000 homes in the surrounding area, making it the largest solar - powered sports stadium in the world.

Why, to meet present US energy needs, you'd require solar panels covering an area the size of Spain, or wind farms the area of Kazakhstan.

This interesting, albeit incomplete, map shows energy plants, wells, pipelines, solar and wind farms, and areas of energy producing potential throughout the United States.

Community Solar allows you to subscribe to a share of a larger solar farm located in your Solar allows you to subscribe to a share of a larger solar farm located in your solar farm located in your area.

Southern Europe is still almost a no - go area for investors because of retroactive policy changes, most recently those affecting solar farms in Italy.

To gain experience administering shared solar, Duke proposes to start relatively small, with 2 megawatts of solar on farms up to 75 miles from potential subscribers — maximizing both cheap land and the ability to recruit customers in urban areas.

Speaking to Solar Power Portal at the official opening of the second phase of Ketton Solar Farm's 13MW project, Rudd said: «There has been a lot of subsidy in this area — a lot.

A new study by the Wind Energy and Solar Energy Resources Evaluation Centre, run by China's Meteorological Administration, put the near - shore wind resource at 200 GW, at depths of 2 — 25 meters, which are ideal for in - shore and inter-tidal wind farms, the latter being in coastal areas that are submerged during flood tides but exposed during ebb tides.

For South Korea to replace all of its nuclear plants with solar, it would need to build 4,400 solar farms the size of South Korea's largest solar farm, SinAn, which would cover an area five times larger than Seoul.

Spanning a joint surface area of 89 acres, and generating up to 18.2 MW combined, two solar farms in Les Mées, France, are part of a broader push in the region that will see panels covering 200 hectares and producing around 100MW by the end of 2011.

It would be based upon a global network of Ultra High Voltage power lines connecting global power generation including massive wind farm at the North Pole and solar power from equatorial areas to energy users around the world.

By: Rhonda Bodfield ARIZONA DAILY STAR June 22, 2011 The Pima County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a vast solar energy farm west of the Tucson Mountains that was pitched as a linchpin for the area's ability to lure such... Continue reading >>