Texas just got an enormous 1.1M panel solar farm

https://electrek.co/2024/02/23/texas-just-got-an-enormous-1-1-million-panel-solar-farm/

by toomuchtodo • 2 years ago

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Renewable developer Clearway Energy Group has completed a 452-megawatt (MW) solar farm in West Texas – and it’s huge.
The $660 million Texas Solar Nova solar farm, completed in two phases, is in Kent County, Texas. It’s built on around 5,000 acres of land and features over 1.1 million solar panels. It will generate an estimated $5.4 million in property taxes and wages to be paid in the first year.

https://www.gem.wiki/Texas_Solar_Nova

throwaway7679• 2 years ago

a 452-megawatt (MW) solar farm in West Texas [...] will generate enough electricity to power over 190,000 homes annually

452 MW nameplate * optimistic 0.3 capacity factor = 135.6 MW

8760 hours annually * 135.6 MW = 1187856 MWh

1187856 MWh / 14.112 MWh per Texas home = 84173 homes powered

190000 / 84173 = 2.257 lying factor

Texas just got an enormous 1.1M panel solar farm

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