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Sun shines on New York solar energy boom [math illiterates think 1.6 MW is a lot]
yahoo.com/AFP ^ | February 23, 2014 | Brigitte Dusseau

Posted on 02/24/2014 7:53:12 PM PST by grundle

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If they build another 999 of these sized solar projects, they could then shut down one coal plant, but only during the daytime, and even then, only when there are no clouds. They'd still need a backup power source for when the sun isn't available, and that backup would almost certainly be some type of fossil fuel.
1 posted on 02/24/2014 7:53:12 PM PST by grundle
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One point six megawatts? That’s it?


2 posted on 02/24/2014 7:58:38 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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The lefties posing as greenies are not concerned with facts. All they care about is government control


3 posted on 02/24/2014 7:58:46 PM PST by Nifster
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To: grundle

Those panels are not even directed toward the sun.


4 posted on 02/24/2014 7:59:25 PM PST by Ray76 (How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
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Long on hype, and embarrassingly short on useful facts.
How much did the installation cost total?
Including taxpayer subsidies, grants and interest costs.

How much power is actually delivered?
Not just the nominal "capacity. Actual delivered power?
What are the maintenance costs to the users?
Does the rates paid for the power reflect actual cost of generation and delivery?

So many claims, so much BS.
And so little facts.

5 posted on 02/24/2014 8:03:07 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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One point six megawatts? That’s it?

That's the "rating" on the specs label.
Totally meaningless.
What's has actually been delivered during the day, average?
What has actually been delivered on an average night?

6 posted on 02/24/2014 8:06:10 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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Consolidate Edison - Con Ed - serves NYC and area. Over 20,000,000 megawatt hours are delivered to residential and commercial customers. http://www.coned.com/documents/facts-2012.pdf

1.6 / 20,000,000 = 0.000008%

This is a drop in the ocean.


7 posted on 02/24/2014 8:07:00 PM PST by Ray76 (How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
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I figured as much. That 1.6Mw is the max rated output, so the average is likely lower than that.


8 posted on 02/24/2014 8:08:46 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Not even useful for a flux capacitor.


9 posted on 02/24/2014 8:09:20 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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You won’t even make it back to last Thursday on that amount of power. ;-)


10 posted on 02/24/2014 8:12:45 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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I’ll use about 720K to get my maters up and running. course that is over a 60 day period.


11 posted on 02/24/2014 8:13:58 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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Sheesh, if one is going to try Solar they should try in the interior southwest, not NYC.

Retards.

12 posted on 02/24/2014 8:29:06 PM PST by Mariner
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I worked at a *real* power plant ages ago as a coop student, GA Power’s Plant Bowen.

1.6 MW was probably about the size of the on site auxiliary combustion turbines for start up power in case a massive outage knocked everything off line. If other words, 1.6 MW is enough power to start a real powerplant.


13 posted on 02/24/2014 8:34:25 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Gonna drive the state to her twilight then night, not dawn.


14 posted on 02/24/2014 8:37:31 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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I think this means our capacity for time travel peaked in 1985. All downhill from there. Not even a hoverboard.


15 posted on 02/24/2014 8:38:43 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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That’s nameplate. In NY the capacity factor has to be awfully low.


16 posted on 02/24/2014 8:42:32 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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But it said “mega”.

That is a lot? Right?


17 posted on 02/24/2014 8:44:12 PM PST by logitech (It is time.)
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of course they will be covered with snow for months as well.


18 posted on 02/24/2014 8:44:16 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Ray76

Thanks for those numbers!


19 posted on 02/24/2014 8:44:42 PM PST by grundle
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To: FreedomPoster

Great story!


20 posted on 02/24/2014 8:45:31 PM PST by grundle
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