01-05-2012, 01:28 PM
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World's largest solar plant goes online
The Indian state of Gujarat has built the world’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant, a field of solar panels the size of Lower Manhattan. After only 14 months of preparation, they’ve just switched it on, adding 600 megawatts of power to the grid. That’s enough to power a medium-sized city’s worth of homes. Thing is HUGE.The 5,000-acre solar park should help India meet its ambitious plans for moving to sustainable energy. The country aims to be at 15 percent renewables by 2020 — right now it’s only at 6 percent. Projects like the Gujarat plant will help by taking advantage of India’s intense sunshine.
However, India’s already in danger of being pushed out of the record-holding spot for world’s biggest power plant. Tunisia is working on a 2,000-MW plant, to open by 2016. The Gujarat solar field is already the size of some towns, so it’s not clear how much bigger plants can get — at least in non-desert countries — before they start having to build them over homes, fields, and household pets.
The the journalist adds:
Maybe it’s FINALLY time to start panelling the Moon, like I’ve been saying all along.
01-05-2012, 05:04 PM
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Re: World's largest solar plant goes online
Originally Posted by Alan Cooke
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Can they invent rain-powered producers of electricity ?
Fat chance Alan. I'm going to try a solar panel in the loo, the wife thinks the sun shines out of her ass.
03-05-2012, 07:12 AM
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Re: World's largest solar plant goes online
Several homes in our area have Solar panels fitted to assist with their energy bills.I had contmplated it years ago but the costs were far to large to give any idea of payback periods.
Now when it is affordable and the payback period down to around 12/15 years if we had it done we would only be putting it in for the next person who will live in our home.
I would advise anyone below the age of 60 to have it done.
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