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Hail vs Solar Panel Farm.

submitted by Sector7 to whatever 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 17:48:28 ago (+11/-1)     (cowboystatedaily.com)

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/06/27/baseball-sized-hail-smashing-into-panels-at-150-mph-destroys-scottsbluff-solar-farm/



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[ - ] Love240 1 point 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 18:21:08 ago (+1/-0)

Article sucks, the only thing I cared about I didn't see; What did it cost?

[ - ] _Obrez 2 points 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 21:49:57 ago (+2/-0)

More than the polycarbonate weather proofing everyone else has the sense to buy.

[ - ] Master_Foo 1 point 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 18:27:51 ago (+1/-0)*

Article said it's a 5 Megawatt farm. High range for solar panels these days is $1/watt. Probably less with bulk pricing.
So, not more than $5,000,000.
Solar is cheap. Storing the electrons for later use is what is expensive.

[ - ] Love240 0 points 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 18:30:02 ago (+0/-0)

5.2 Megawatt. Still, it doesn't say the cost. We know the politicians love to line their pockets, So I wanted to know what they paid for it and this shit article doesn't even make a passing attempt at it.

[ - ] Master_Foo 1 point 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 18:34:52 ago (+1/-0)

If the utility is public, then you can probably just go look it up on the website.
My city/county is run by White people. So it's pretty easy to get information. Probably not much difference in White Nebraska.

[ - ] Love240 0 points 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 18:39:16 ago (+0/-0)

If it is so easy to get the information should just be there.

[ - ] Master_Foo 1 point 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 19:02:15 ago (+1/-0)

I think you should call whoever wrote this article and call them a NiggerFaggot.

[ - ] Master_Foo 1 point 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 19:03:56 ago (+1/-0)

Call Cowboy State Daily and tell them the cowboy reporter they hired is a NiggerFaggot and needs to be beat with a baseball bat.

[ - ] drhitler 0 points 10 monthsJun 29, 2023 05:37:28 ago (+0/-0)

6.2mw wow it can charge 30 buses overnight, no shit, i heard this talk the other night i can't find it now, but a guy who wanted to run 30 EV trucks was laughed out council, they said they would need to build a small plant just to power his operation.

[ - ] Sector7 [op] 1 point 10 monthsJun 28, 2023 21:28:38 ago (+1/-0)*

https://www.nppd.com/powering-nebraska/solar

Owned by those people. Currently dying after walking back from the farmers market with temps in the 70s, or I'd research. Foo's estimate is probably in the ballpark, or at least probably not more than 20 million too low. (labor, environmental impact studies, permits, payoffs, consulting, and etc.)

Given my reasonably high estimate of 25 million, wouldn't be surprised if it actually cost 250 million.

[ - ] Love240 1 point 10 monthsJun 29, 2023 00:53:29 ago (+1/-0)

250 million? How are they going to replace a 500 million dollar solar farm!?