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Originally Posted by sandpit
Hey, if this Big Solar thing is true, you can thank global warming for creating the anticipated historic drought in the West that cleared the path for countless sunny days to fuel the solar power plants.
Ergo, global warming is creating jobs and helping the economy   |
Despite what all the "settled science" gurus say, it is not true. The output is way below projections because the sun isn't shining on the desert.
From the article linked in my previous post:
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The largest solar energy facility in the world is already irrelevant and has cost a lot more to construct than any other form of energy. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a 5-square-mile, 392 MW array that cost $2.2 billion. It is located in the Mojave Desert, where the Sun always shines, and is supposed to produce a billion kWhs per year for 25 years.
But there’s a problem – the Sun does not seem to be cooperating. A spokesman for NRG Energy blamed the weather, saying the Sun didn’t perform as predicted.
Instead of a billion kWhs of electricity, this year Ivanpah will produce less than 0.4 billion kWhrs, making its capacity factor only 12%, not the 30% advertised. And certainly not the 90% of base load generators like nuclear power.
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