Solar up North (Canada).. :)

Xringer · 10-02-11, 11:00 PM

Check out this video.. It's amazing!

Huge Solar Farm Up North - YouTube

Turn down the sound, there isn't any narration.. But there is some text..

strider3700 · 10-03-11, 01:28 AM

ontario made some changes wanting to get away from non renewables and now pays the producer something like 45 cents/kwh for solar generated electricity.
I think they wanted to encourage home production at that rate but giant panel farms become good investments at that level.

ThomSjay · 10-22-11, 12:28 AM

Here is a vid of a solar farm that is currently the world largest solar farm.

OptiSolar -- "Sarnia Solar Farm" Video - YouTube

It is one country block from where I work. I happen to know one of the three employees that work there, and he said that any broken panels are sent back (to California?) and re-used/reconstituted.

Xringer · 10-22-11, 08:23 AM

I hope my town isn't using the OptiSolar install system. Those big ballast blocks would
sink right into the ground after a few rain storms..
(The city has decided to go solar, on an old land-fill)!

The ground in the video looked a little mushy, I would how much those blocks
will sink up there, in Sarnia?
I guess if they sink at the same rate, it wouldn't hurt the angle..

10-02-11, 11:00 PM	#1
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	Solar up North (Canada).. :) Check out this video.. It's amazing! Huge Solar Farm Up North - YouTube Turn down the sound, there isn't any narration.. But there is some text..

10-03-11, 01:28 AM	#2
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	ontario made some changes wanting to get away from non renewables and now pays the producer something like 45 cents/kwh for solar generated electricity. I think they wanted to encourage home production at that rate but giant panel farms become good investments at that level.

10-22-11, 08:23 AM	#4
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	I hope my town isn't using the OptiSolar install system. Those big ballast blocks would sink right into the ground after a few rain storms.. (The city has decided to go solar, on an old land-fill)! The ground in the video looked a little mushy, I would how much those blocks will sink up there, in Sarnia? I guess if they sink at the same rate, it wouldn't hurt the angle..