• peeonyou [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    There was a hilarious story on one of the local bay area news stations the other day about “THE LARGEST SOLAR PROJECT COMPLETED” with no further qualifiers as to where and over what time period they meant. They showed some aerial footage of it, and it’s basically some solar panels in an area less than the size of a football field. Apparently in the California that’s a pretty big deal.

    If only they’d look past their own noses to see what China has been up to in the past 20 years.

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      5 months ago

      Apparently in the California that’s a pretty big deal

      It’s not even a big deal in California. Not too long ago I saw the big solar farm out near Blythe, coming back from a trip to Arizona. It’s not even the largest one in the state, and it sounds like it dwarfs the one they’re talking about.

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      5 months ago

      Apparently California is pretty far progressed on its track to renewable energy?

      What’s shown on the image is california electricity generation in April May 20, 2024 (But the data is representative for all of April as well). Yellow is solar, red line is demand.

      I don’t have the source rn, I only have this screenshot stored on my phone.