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Finishline42

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6. That's one of interesting aspects of wind and solar

Reply to duforsure (Reply #4)

Mon May 4, 2020, 01:14 PM

May 2020

It really is a conservative idea - being independent from the grid - self reliant.

One of the reasons the renewable energy credits keep getting extended is because of who benefits the most - rural land owners.

So a rancher in West Texas has a bunch of land that somebody wants to build a wind farm on. He gets $500 a month per windmill (that's the last number I saw anyway). And the windmills don't take up all the land either. 100 windmills would net $600,000 a year! Try making that with cattle on that wind swept grub land.

ERCOT pretty much does what's best for Texas and they have a lot of wind and solar resources.

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Texas could add 3.5 GW of solar this year [View all] Finishline42 May 2020 OP

I gather that there may be a farm going in Culberson County. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #1

"ERCOT had 2,281 GW of solar at the end of 2019". I think you mean MW, not GW. n/t progree May 2020 #2

You are correct Finishline42 May 2020 #3

trump will be calling Abbott when he finds this out duforsure May 2020 #4

That's one of interesting aspects of wind and solar Finishline42 May 2020 #6

We have been using solar for five years now, Miguelito Loveless May 2020 #5