Comments on: Army Going Solar With 500 MW of Solar Power in Mojave Desert http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: How Fort Irwin Just Signed The Largest Solar Farm in Dept of Defense History : CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-6113 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:39:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-6113 […] development as doesn’t have the authority to sign 30 year contracts. As recently as August, when we covered the initial proposal, the US Army Energy Program Developer, Kevin Geiss was quoted as worrying that while they had the […]

]]> By: cdczr http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-6112 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:00:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-6112 Solar if definitely the way to go these days. It also seems to be what we need more of for the future.Does anyone know how much the average price per kw a power company will pay on a PPA from a 50 mw solar plant?

]]> By: cdczr http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-23820 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-23820 Solar if definitely the way to go these days. It also seems to be what we need more of for the future.Does anyone know how much the average price per kw a power company will pay on a PPA from a 50 mw solar plant?

]]> By: Dave http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-6111 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:09:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-6111 I totally agree, Chrisp. There should be solar panels on every business building, house,car, and piece of land that has no other use in a sunny area. We should not be dependent on foreign oil, but that’s the catch isn’t it. They don’t want us to be independent. They would lose too much money. We have to do this ourselves. If we wait for the government to act, it will be too late.

]]> By: Dave http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-23819 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-23819 I totally agree, Chrisp. There should be solar panels on every business building, house,car, and piece of land that has no other use in a sunny area. We should not be dependent on foreign oil, but that’s the catch isn’t it. They don’t want us to be independent. They would lose too much money. We have to do this ourselves. If we wait for the government to act, it will be too late.

]]> By: chrisp http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-6110 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:43:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-6110 Why does it take five soldiers to install one solar panel? Such an efficient government we have.

Maybe now if the Army goes Solar they won’t need as much fuel for the war, which is less money in the enemy’s pocket, so they can’t purchase as many weapons.

Personally I think we need to get panels on every house in America, power our cars and wide screens with the energy and stop funding both sides of the war.

]]> By: chrisp http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-23818 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:43:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-23818 Why does it take five soldiers to install one solar panel? Such an efficient government we have.

Maybe now if the Army goes Solar they won’t need as much fuel for the war, which is less money in the enemy’s pocket, so they can’t purchase as many weapons.

Personally I think we need to get panels on every house in America, power our cars and wide screens with the energy and stop funding both sides of the war.

]]> By: Bruce http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-6109 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:12:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-6109 Is the Army’s carbon footprint calculation public information?

Recently I saw a TV show about the C5A transport and was astounded by the amount of fuel it used in a single mission. It made me wonder how much it was contributing to greenhouse gases and how relatively unimportant my own attempts to reduce are in comparison.

]]> By: Bruce http://cleantechnica.com/2009/08/01/army-going-solar-with-500-mw-of-solar-power-in-mojave-desert/#comment-23817 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:12:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3016#comment-23817 Is the Army’s carbon footprint calculation public information?

Recently I saw a TV show about the C5A transport and was astounded by the amount of fuel it used in a single mission. It made me wonder how much it was contributing to greenhouse gases and how relatively unimportant my own attempts to reduce are in comparison.

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