Comments on: Los Angeles Kicks Off Second Round Solar Feed-in Tariff

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:54:00 +0000

We need a good plan. But it’s also important to realize that there is a maximum amount of solar the grid can absorb without better storage options.

The plan should get us to max-practical solar ASAP.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:52:00 +0000

Not 100% solar, that’s not practical with the storage options we have right now.

100% renewable by 2025 is doable. Palo Alto is already there.

By: Paul Kangas

Paul Kangas — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:51:00 +0000

All hands on deck.

By: Paul Kangas

Paul Kangas — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:49:00 +0000

Mayor, do the math.
You can’t shut down coal by going slow.
We need to have a totally open application so even a farmer, with 10 acres, can install 1,000 panels and start feeding solar onto the grid.

We need to push for LA to become 100% solar by 2050.

To get there, we need to get serious. This is war.
We need every person who wants to join this campaign to be able to buy 20 panels today and feed their energy into the grid, so they can keep adding 20 panels every year until that have a mini-Utility.
This is a great investment opportunity.
Germany is going to be at 35% solar by 2020. LA has 10X more solar than Germany.
We could be at 50% solar by 2020 if you were serious.
I guess we need a major melt down at a nuke before you will wake up.
Whoops! We just had one, again,
at Fukushima.

By: Paul Kangas

Paul Kangas — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:39:00 +0000

Matt, you are right. Please email me so we can expand the LA FiT. I am buying a solar home in Lancaster. dr8kangas@gmail.com 415-368-8581

By: Paul Kangas

Paul Kangas — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:37:00 +0000

Let’s get serious. We need to push solar to displace gas and nukes.
LA needs an open FiT that allows every home owners with 30 or more panels to be paid a fair and reasonable rate for the solar they feed into the grid. There should be no limit on the number of panels a property can have.
Germany started out paying $0.54 kwh. Ontario started out with $0.79 kwh.
I believe LA should pay $0.33 kwh for the next 20 year contracts.
Farmers in Germany can make $60,000. a year for 20 years.
A home owners should be able to make $500. a month selling solar.
Let’s get serious.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:50:00 +0000

“136 applications for 115 MW” for first round of 20MW; and now doing one every 6 months. That means the first round already got enough application for 3 years. This sounds like another plan to keep the amount of solar down. I’ll keep waiting until I win the FIT lottery. With that many will they need to go to every two months (or month).

Mayor say no coal by 2020; but 40MW a year will not get them there.