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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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(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.