Comments on: “Largest Solar Power Plant in World” Now Under Construction, & Largest Solar PV Plant in North America Now in Operation

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:30:00 +0000

LATimes article?

that is basically a load of bunk. unfort., some people shouldn’t be in the media… if they are going to spread such nonsense.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:49:00 +0000

So, are you booked to do standup anywhere around here soon?

Bet you’ve got some more really good material….

By: Amy3897

Amy3897 — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:39:00 +0000

I’m hearing that if a small plane fly over it it will flip over from the up draft of heat think about it this will cause a form of globle warming do we realy need to heat thing up?

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Awesome! Must have been a fun one to participate in!

Thanks for the note.

By: ArchaeologyJim

ArchaeologyJim — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:49:00 +0000

My small archaeological consulting company did the archaeological clearance survey at the Agua Caliente Solar project in SW Arizona. From an archaeological and environmental standpoint this site was perfect. Previously-disturbed and laser-leveled agricultural land already ringed by access roads. You couldn’t ask for a better site for a solar plant…and Arizona has hundreds of sites just like this one.

I am very proud to have been a part of this important project and look forward to more projects like Agua Caliente. America needs this!

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 20 May 2012 13:02:00 +0000

hmm, not united at all? looks like we need to make an update

By: Bhupesh Trivedi

Bhupesh Trivedi — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000

There is no 600MW solar power plant in India. That is a total number of capacity added in the state of Gujarat in western India. The recent public function was a “dedication” of this power to the nation. The projects are at different locations. The single largest solar park has about 204MW capacity. But, here too, the projects are spread across multiple developers/companies.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:19:00 +0000

thanks. that was my hunch. but i still think it counts as the largest.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:18:00 +0000

seriously. the dude was hilarious

By: Christophe Inglin

Christophe Inglin — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:23:00 +0000

I can explain the confusion over India’s “600MW farm”. It is not a single solar farm, but refers to the Charanka Solar Park, established by the Gujarat state government to attract developers to build solar farms of 5 to 25MW each. So far around 200MW of solar projects have been constructed at the Charanka Park.

By: Biggest CPV Plant in US Begins Commercial Operation - CleanTechnica

Biggest CPV Plant in US Begins Commercial Operation - CleanTechnica — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:59:00 +0000

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By: 김민우

김민우 — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:52:00 +0000

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By: Bill_Woods

Bill_Woods — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:32:00 +0000

“Once completed, the companies state that the [Agua Caliente] project will be able to deliver power to about 225,000 homes (I guess Arizona homes are quite a bit less energy-hungry than California homes).”

Apparently whoever wrote the press release forgot to account for the 25% capacity factor. Not that the ‘home’ is a good unit of energy, because usage does vary.

“Annual Generation Output (MWh) 648,000 [=74 MW-yr]
Households Equivalent (annual)** 56,000″
https://lpo.energy.gov/?projects=agua-caliente

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:55:00 +0000

Had to LOL at the “My previous job was driving a tank” green worker in the second video.