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Energy1: Where Should We Build Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants?
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Nov 12 2011 12:00 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
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Obviously enough, the land needs to be sunny
. . . so the panels can harvest the greatest possible amount of solar energy.
The process is smoother if the land is flat.
And the energy needs to travel to its destination,
. . . so land near existing or planned transmission lines
. . . also has an advantage.
. . . so the panels can harvest the greatest possible amount of solar energy.
The process is smoother if the land is flat.
And the energy needs to travel to its destination,
. . . so land near existing or planned transmission lines
. . . also has an advantage.
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The Native American group
. . . La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle
. . . sued the Department of the Interior
. . . over plans to build projects near or over geoglyphs
. . . gigantic designs etched into the desert generations ago.
And solar development threatens desert species like
. . . . . . the sage grouse,
. . . . . . the desert tortoise, and
. . . . . . the burrowing owl.
Some environmental groups have argued that
. . . digging up the desert’s scrubby plant life
. . . will have a carbon impact similar to cutting down a forest.
So where will large-scale solar projects go?
. . . La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle
. . . sued the Department of the Interior
. . . over plans to build projects near or over geoglyphs
. . . gigantic designs etched into the desert generations ago.
And solar development threatens desert species like
. . . . . . the sage grouse,
. . . . . . the desert tortoise, and
. . . . . . the burrowing owl.
Some environmental groups have argued that
. . . digging up the desert’s scrubby plant life
. . . will have a carbon impact similar to cutting down a forest.
So where will large-scale solar projects go?
