Estevan considered for solar power

[stonepicker]

Phoenix gets 335 days of sunshine.

[tweety]

Phoenix gets 335 days of sunshine.

Citation?

[URL="https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Arizona/annual-days-of-sunshine.php"]https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Arizona/annual-days-of-sunshine.php[/URL]

Phoenix gets 211 sunny days and 85 partly sunny days over many years of data collection.

[tweety]

But the real question, why are you so afraid of sticking some silicon out in the sun and capture some power? Too many oil shares? Are you a Koch oil executive?

[stonepicker]

But the real question, why are you so afraid of sticking some silicon out in the sun and capture some power? Too many oil shares? Are you a Koch oil executive?

Hmm maybe my vacation brochure was off. But then again,do you work for statistics canada? Because by your stats a person would think that estevan is sunnier than phoenix, so how come the % of sun in phoenix is 85% but only 52% in estevan? You make it sound like estevan has 324 days of mostly sunshine and phoenix only 211? As i think one has already said, if solar power is so fantastic and cheap, how come everybody's not doing it? Because it doesn't work yet! Maybe down the road, but in canada it's decades away yet. Let the warm countries figure it out, and THEN try to apply the technology to the true north strong cold and free. I think i'll pick phoenix. Here's to oil and co2, because all living plants need more of it!

[stonepicker]

Supposed to be oneoff not one. ( spellcheck )

[binthere]

tweety do you have a solar system in operation?

[oneoff]

Deleted because summary didn't format at all satisfactorily

[oneoff]

Waste of way more than 2 hours time

[tweety]

So at 4.3 Estevan is pretty good.

[oneoff]

Accidental repeat Sorry

[oneoff]

HAD TO REPEAT MYSELF IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET AN ANSWER

Very much need clarification if the nameplate 10 Mw "solar plant" means maximum output is only for time periods under near ideal conditions;

or if on an average 24 hour basis it will supply 10 Mw "on average, continuously throughout a year ".

Surely it can be agreed that there is no way that output occurs in darkness; and only partial solar PV ratings can be accomplished throughout most of an average day.

Convince me.

[oneoff]

Points nor acknowledged so might as well delete

[Hamloc]

Again good information Oneoff. One small typo it was 107 hours that Lisbon ran on renewables not days, not trying to be a smartass but quite a difference. I think your quite right about finding out what the 10 MW refers to. One example on a very small scale, one retailer advertised a 7950 watt grid tie in producing 795 kwh on average per month. This retailer was from Calgary area so I assume this works in theory in our neck of the woods. So it would be interesting to know what the time frame for the production of 10MW is. My other thought is if solar is such a fantastic and profitable way to produce electricity why isn't a high percentage of our power already produced this way? Why does it require government subsidy?

[oneoff]

Thanks And with agriville's updates that can be easily corrected and hidden in future. As a point of information; how does a person copy and put a "border" around someone else's quote that you wish to address?

[burnt]

Thanks And with agriville's updates that can be easily corrected and hidden in future. As a point of information; how does a person copy and put a "border" around someone else's quote that you wish to address?

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