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Yucatán, Mexico is adding a new solar energy production facility which can produce up to 18 megawatts of electricity, serving about 5.3% of the state's households. Additional facilities are on the way, with aims to produce a massive surplus within three or four years.
The San Ignacio solar plant, which covers 66 hectares[*] in the municipality of Progreso, was inaugurated Friday by Governor Mauricio Vila Dosal. The Chinese company Jinko Solar invested US $30 million to build the plant.
Energy generated by the plant will be consumed in Progreso and the state capital, Mérida.
[*] 66 hectares is just over 163 acres or just over 1/4 (i.e. 163/640) of a square mile.
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Yucatán Predicted to be Self-Sufficient in Renewable Energy in 3–4 Years
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(Score: 2) by The Shire on Tuesday June 11 2019, @02:46AM (6 children)
18MW is some kind of record for approaching self sufficiency? There are two plants in California already that EACH operate at 550MW since 2014 so how is 18MW in any way news worthy? Frankly, it's easy to get to self sufficiency when you're a sparsely populated non industrialized equatorial area whose population is only slightly more than half the size of Chicago.
This "landmark" is meaningless.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday June 11 2019, @06:06AM
The population may be only half the size of Chicago, but the population's IQ is completely the same as of the Congo.
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Tuesday June 11 2019, @05:31PM (4 children)
Self-sufficient isn't solely dependent on total power, but rather supply versus demand. If the region doesn't need to import fuel, they are self-sufficient.
Maybe your objection is that the scale of this project won't tip the scales globally. That's a fair point. My neighbor recently installed solar, and I haven't seen any press coverage of it. Why are we bombarded with stories of renewable energy installed in far-off locations with the help of international partners?
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Shire on Tuesday June 11 2019, @07:01PM (3 children)
I think the intent of this article and articles like it, is to convince people that solar and wind can provide power for large scale consumption in an industrial setting and that's a lie. That's what I take exception to. Solar and Wind sources can never replace existing fossil fuel plants for a country like the US, Europe, China, or Russia.
IMO folks need to stop waving the renewable flag and start pushing nuclear. Nuclear is our only hope of providing the power we need without the CO2 emissions. Drives me crazy when I see HBO come out with series like Chernobyl that just stokes the irrational fear of nuclear right at the time we should be embracing it.
(Score: 2) by Pav on Wednesday June 12 2019, @01:33AM (2 children)
What are you smoking? China has already exceeded 1/3rd of their generation capacity, and the "storage problem" has just turned out to be an engineering problem that needs political will. Even without political will things would change eg. my country of Australia, where politics leaned towards preserving coal consumption in our recent federal election, the private sector has been leaning towards renewables because it's assessed as being cheaper and less risky. BTW, this is for BASE LOAD. Even in the flattest and driest continent on earth (ie. Australia) it seems pumped hydro storage is a no-brainer. There are projects to take advantage of the vast sea cliffs in the south and salt water. In the north apparently we're experimenting with turning old mining pits into pumped hydro storage, and after the mining boom we've got plenty of those.
(Score: 2) by The Shire on Wednesday June 12 2019, @04:15AM (1 child)
Are you nuts? China produces half the worlds co2 from burning coal, far exceeding the US. Chinas renewable production is only targeted to reach 10% by 2020. I think you're confusing communist PR projections with reality. China currently geta 85% of its power from fossil fuels.
(Score: 2) by Pav on Wednesday June 12 2019, @04:20AM
Yes... if you include transport... but we were talking specifically about power generation.