Drone footage Here
The Lake Placid Solar Power Plant is located in Highlands County, Fla., and suffered damage during Hurricane Milton. The facility opened in December 2019 and is 45 megawatts, which is enough to power more than 12,000 homes at peak production.
…this guy has some good commentary on the solar farm, and on some other electric subjects as well…
https://youtu.be/baOwctREk3U?si=61FrNO8Jdq-Pbecf
Toast! And to think there’s a lot of toxic stuff strewn all around.
Big enough to leave 12,000 homes without electricity every day at dusk.
solar and wind power is fine, so long as it is only ever considered as supplementary power, not primary power. Until research and development can bring supplementary power up to the level where it can compete with coal, gas and nuclear, it is only a functional prototype that is still being developed.
Nothing can go wrong here.
I imagine the EPA is going to have a thing or two to say about the clean-up.
Federal regulation just shut down coal fired Homer City Power plant last year. It was a 2000 MW plant. If this solar field survived, it would take 44 of them to replace it. No environmental impact from 44 of these ugly fields right?
That looks like a tornado touched down on it.
Imagine the deadly situation when the millions of shards of glass from all those broken panels where being thrown around at 100+ mph.
@ Harry TUESDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2024, 17:36 AT 5:36 PM
No, solar and wind are not fine when taxpayers are forced to fund the illusions of others who are not competent to calculate or even comprehend the cost or are profiting off of selling a pipe dream.
JD – You’re right when it is used as a political tool, but as proper energy reseach it represents steps we need to take in order to reach other solutions. Maybe coal, gas and nuclear are the only solutions, but we won’t know unless we keep up the research. It’s like the old waste basket theory of engineering: draw up an idea, throw rocks at it, refine it, crumple up the first one, throw it in the waste basket and draw up the next step. The progress never stops.
Although I have never owned a home, seems like solar on roofs is sensible. And when are they needed? When sun is at its peak and AC is required. Seems like a good supplemental use, as a variable power input.
If you want to put solar panels on your house, go for it. But there are reasons you don’t see them on a lot roofs. You’re not going to want shade trees near your house. The panels start losing efficiency from day one and you’ll need to clean them regularly. Snow cover? Yeah. The panels put additional loading on your roof, and if you need roof repairs? Yeah. And after 20 years tops they’re shot. If you’re lucky the things might pay for themselves.
I’m sure they’re 100% recyclable or they wouldn’t even consider such a thing on such a large scale, right?