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Syllogism19 t1_j8zc90y wrote

> Texas is a dominant state for utility-scale solar project construction, with 28 projects totaling 6.7 GW in capacity, with about 240 MW as an average project size. The state’s largest active project is 500 MW.

It is nice to see something uplifting happening in Texas.

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Totaliasim t1_j8zq4c1 wrote

All southern sunny states should be building solar. Up here in the real biggest state solar panels are a waste, but our local power is hydro with all the mountains, so that feels nice.

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x-jien t1_j92l6bs wrote

Yeah, having endless night during peak heating season really makes it a tough sell.

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RudyRusso t1_j91ch33 wrote

37% of Texas energy is from renewable sources. 23% is wind, 10% Nuclear, and 4% is solar.

While conservative politicians bitch about clean energy, Texas because of its geography as a basin makes for great wind energy. Also, not all that clean energy makes it to where it needs to go, as west Texas wind projects are not necessarily connected to east Texas Metros.

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sault18 t1_j92rrwa wrote

Nuclear isn't renewable.

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King_Swift21 t1_j93qnlt wrote

It is, genius

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sault18 t1_j93rdpx wrote

Well if you count Supernova explosions scattering heavy elements into the universe, even then it's not renewable. You know some way of continuously making uranium 235? If you do, the nuclear physicists would really love to know it. But back in the reality that the rest of us live in, there is only a limited amount of fissile fuel on our planet.

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Tobias_Atwood t1_j950rlg wrote

It's even less renewable than coal and petroleum.

I mean yeah you let the earth sit for a few hundred million years you'll eventually get more carbon based fuels but if you want uranium you gotta blow up some god damned stars.

Do you have any idea how difficult that is?! It's pretty fucking difficult, genius.

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RunInRunOn t1_j97oojt wrote

Nuclear energy not being renewable is, like, one of its two failings

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