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January 2025 was brutal cold here. We used 3.6MWh in just that one month!
The kWh bank is down to ~700kWh, but spring is near and we're starting to produce more than we consume once again.
Sherco coal-fired power plant (largest in Minnesota) will be replaced by solar arrays being constructed on site.
*New* They're adding an iron-air battery to the solar installation to provide power when there's no sun.
PV arrays will produce up to 710 MW, whereas the first Fe-air batteries will be 10 MW. Not the scale needed, but Form Energy just started manufacturing, so this is a pilot of sorts.
https://fresh-energy.org/xcel-energys-multiday-energy-storage-demonstration
#CleanEnergy #batteries #ClimateAction #solar #SolarPV #BatteryStorage
Working on my self-contained solar setup. I need it in my new off grid house on the family farm, so built it in a wooden case on wheels so it can be moved around as I construct the house. Also needed it all enclosed so my 3 year old grand nephews can't touch any of the connections!!
It has a 3000W inverter and two 48V 5.1kw LiFePo batteries. I'm thinking of adding a third battery since there's space in the box for it - that way I'll have more capacity for those cloudy days. And this thing can even run my current house in town, so I'm keeping it here at home for the time being in case of any power outages this winter.
#solarPV #offgrid #farmlife
Missed this one: a 3.5 GW(!) solar PV power plant in China, covering 133 km², producing 6 TWh of electricity per year!
World's largest, for now.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/worlds-biggest-solar-farm-comes-online-chinas-xinjiang-2024-06-03/
#renewables #solar #SolarPV
It's nice to see others who actually know about it picking up on the "Pakistan has a lot of solar now" story. Here's a webinar by Renewables First, with me and some much smarter folks who have been on the ground.
Good to see the Netherlands on #2 with 77% #wind and #solar electricity by 2030!
Between Denmark and Germany.
Projection by IEA, via @LionHirth on the birdsite.
#windpower #SolarPV #renewables #electricity
In order to charge my 100Ah battery with my 100 watt solar panel, it would have to be producing 100 watts for 12 hours.
Which, uhhh...doesn't happen.
So, I'm gonna need another solar panel. At least.
But I knew this...