And Los Angeles city leaders and the DWP just Triple Downed on STUPID:
Under the 25-year deal with developer 8minute Solar Energy, the city would buy electricity from a sprawling complex of solar panels and lithium-ion batteries in the Mojave Desert of eastern Kern County, about two hours north of Los Angeles. The Eland project would meet 6% to 7% of L.A.’s annual electricity needs and would be capable of pumping clean energy into the grid for four hours each night.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-09-10/ladwp-votes-on-eland-solar-contract
Your typical Lithium Ion Battery only has about 500 Charges before it is useless, this is going to eat those batteries up in 1 year if they don’t blow the Mohave Desert up first.
“Your typical Lithium Ion Battery only has about 500 Charges”
I wonder if it’s feasible to refurbish large batteries, or at least use the materials in the depleted ones to make new ones?
Overall I agree that solar and wind power won’t replace the major sources today, but solar has uses. Wind much less. I’m a nuclear guy.
I get calls EVERY day about putting solar panels on my house and how much I’ll save. I always yell at them “This is Pennsylvania! We don’t have no sunshine!!”
[[[Under the 25-year deal with developer 8minute Solar Energy, the city would buy electricity from a sprawling complex of solar panels and lithium-ion batteries in the Mojave Desert of eastern Kern County, about two hours north of Los Angeles. The Eland project would meet 6% to 7% of L.A.’s annual electricity needs and would be capable of pumping clean energy into the grid for four hours each night.]]]
I guess they now have no problem bothering the poor desert animals now.