Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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We have a Yamaha 2200 inverter generator for reliable power in a pinch. They are very lightweight, run very quiet, sip gas, are very reliable, and won’t harm sensitive electronic devices. Honda makes their version of this generator and you can’t go wrong with either one. Don’t wast your time and money on a solar generator.
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"Shuttered reactors include Indian Point Energy Center in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts, Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station in Nebraska and Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa" Also: Access Denied And: Reactors are closing – Beyond Nuclear
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Diablo Canyon in Calif is their last one to go.
Last edited by keepsake; 06-23-2022 at 08:32 PM. Reason: gramar |
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I think Diablo Canyon is even closing down early. That's all the folks in Kalifornia need. Unfortunately, our national energy policy has been in a death spiral for years. They would rather give out rebates for idiotic solar panels than build a viable 4th generation nuclear power based foundation - walk-away safe, clean and green (no carbon footprint), 24/7, stable, minimal waste, easy to hook into the present power grid, and non-proliferative. Crazy.
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Solar generator? Suggest you buy a small generator similar to the type used by contractors with around 500 watts of power. This will run most small appliances and should cost about $750. Most of them are very noisy and dangerous due to Carbon Monoxide. Honda does make a smaller generator that is quieter. Almost everyone, who owns a house, has 1 in S. Florida.
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To your other point, power plants aren't build in rivers. There aren't presently any nuclear power plants in Colorado but there are plenty of places to build 4th generation nuclear power plants. ref: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1627/ML16277A340.pdf |
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I've shown you mine, now show me yours.
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Today it takes about 2.8 acres to produce 1 gigawatt hour of electricity. The US is expected to use 4 million gigawatt of electricity hours in 2022.
4,000,000 GWh * 2.8 acres/GWh = 11.2 million acres or 17,500 square miles to provide all US electricity requirements Texas is 268,000 square miles or 15 times greater than the space required! There is about 120 million homes in the USA. If you assumed 2,000 square feet per home of roof space for solar .... that equals: 120,000,000 x 2,000 = 240 million square feet Or 8,600 square miles. So rooftop solar could provide 50% of the countries electricity Of course solar only needs to supplement hydro, wind, geothermal, nuclear etc. The efficiency of solar panels has been steadily increasing .... So the it will take even less area in the future |
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daniel200;2110181 There are many items that require further definition to try to fit these "facts" into a rigorous analysis.: I have taken a quick look at what is published. Most are non scientific. None are rigorous analyses. Here are some comments: 1. "Today it takes about 2.8 acres to produce 1 gigawatt hour of electricity." The correct term is 1 gigawatt hour per year since it is a power variable not energy. 2. There is no definition of how many solar hours are included? 8760 per year the sun always shines or 50% or ??? Definition required 3. The 2.8 acres is the area of the solar panels themselves. You need more like 4 acres to get the plant footprint. Note: there will be additional plot required for the batteries required to survive the nights and poor solar times. 4. If you try to put solar panels on every roof area you will decrease the power potential since areas facing N do not produce as well as those facing S. It will take more area and more solar panels. 5. "The efficiency of solar panels has been steadily increasing " That is true for new solar panels. However, once the panels are installed, they start to lose efficiency. Hopefully you break even 6. I am out of energy to try to delve into this further. I used to do this for a living, but now I am RETIRED! Good night! |
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The math was correct. The USA will require 4 million GWh in 2022. The 2.8 acres per GWh is an accepted average power output per acre per year based on southern US conditions. Weather/night/downtime etc are already included in this number. 4,000,000 GWh * 2.8 acres/GWh = 11.2 million acres or 17,500 square miles to provide all US electricity requirements I accept that this is a back of the napkin calculation. But the point is, to get to 25% solar in the US is not an impossible climb. Iowa produced 55% of all its generated electric power from wind power in 2021! Texas produces 3 times as much power as Iowa but that translates into only 20% of Texas electric needs. These are real numbers … that include all of the things you are worried about (no wind, down time ..etc) Solar does not need to produce 100% of our needs. Just augment the other options (hydro, thermal, nuclear, wind) |
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