A few turbines and a handful of solar panels would be better tolerated by locals. But the small scale would hardly produce enough energy to justify their existences. Until renewables can compete with conventional sources on energy density, they will continue to breed opposition.
We’ve been assured for quite some time that wind and solar are the energy sources of the future. If so, their development needs to be accelerated because they are not being well received by locals. Their low energy density is partly, if not largely, to blame.
Fresno County residents are unhappy with a planned solar-and-battery project coming to their community. Roughly 15 square miles of retired agricultural fields in the western part of the county are to eventually be home to one “of the world’s largest solar and battery energy storage projects — a behemoth capable of powering some 850,000 homes for four hours,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Valley residents are growing alarmed by solar-and-battery project taking over farmland. Here’s why.
Kerry Jackson
A few turbines and a handful of solar panels would be better tolerated by locals. But the small scale would hardly produce enough energy to justify their existences. Until renewables can compete with conventional sources on energy density, they will continue to breed opposition.
We’ve been assured for quite some time that wind and solar are the energy sources of the future. If so, their development needs to be accelerated because they are not being well received by locals. Their low energy density is partly, if not largely, to blame.
Fresno County residents are unhappy with a planned solar-and-battery project coming to their community. Roughly 15 square miles of retired agricultural fields in the western part of the county are to eventually be home to one “of the world’s largest solar and battery energy storage projects — a behemoth capable of powering some 850,000 homes for four hours,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.