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Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

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Mick Konstantopoulos
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Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

Thanks

Basically everywhere. There is nowhere on this planet looking at any location of a large size, that is anywhere even close to being fully developed. You only need about 10,000 to 15,000 square miles, so 100 miles by 150 miles of PV, to provide all the energy we use in the USA. Solar looking at any country as a whole area, is barely touched for the maximum utilized area available for it, be it ground or existing structure.

Oh, and I finally with certainty, saw the green comet tonight at 9:30 EDT, in between cumulus cloud movements a little bit above Mars. A splatch of non defined light, very faint.

Question. Every time I try and right mouse click for spelling, it keeps bringing up the link word and symbol...??..

I can not find a way to get rid of it, back to a normal right click menu, including spell check.

Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

Thanks

Elon Musk Tells National Governors Association How We Could Power the U.S. With Solar

"If you wanted to power the entire U.S. with solar panels, it would take a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah; you only need about 100 miles by 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States," Musk said. "The batteries you need to store the energy, to make sure you have 24/7 power, is 1 mile by 1 mile. One square-mile. That's it."

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tells-national-governors-association-how-we-could-power-the-u-s-with-solar

William I am having the same thing here with the symbol but have found a way around that using HTML

Thanks for posting 

Basically everywhere. There is nowhere on this planet looking at any location of a large size, that is anywhere even close to being fully developed. You only need about 10,000 to 15,000 square miles, so 100 miles by 150 miles of PV, to provide all the energy we use in the USA. Solar looking at any country as a whole area, is barely touched for the maximum utilized area available for it, be it ground or existing structure.

Oh, and I finally with certainty, saw the green comet tonight at 9:30 EDT, in between cumulus cloud movements a little bit above Mars. A splatch of non defined light, very faint.

Question. Every time I try and right mouse click for spelling, it keeps bringing up the link word and symbol...??..

I can not find a way to get rid of it, back to a normal right click menu, including spell check.

Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

Thanks

I always say 100 x 150 to cover any extras and the naysayers.... and unusual circumstances....

The point is either one of those is actually pretty small in comparison... Practically speaking you could do 100 or so 10 mile x 10 mile blocks scattered around the country for resiliency, combined with existing structures and dozens of other location venues, etc.. to get the total you want.... Its not an all or nothing proposition.

Elon Musk Tells National Governors Association How We Could Power the U.S. With Solar

"If you wanted to power the entire U.S. with solar panels, it would take a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah; you only need about 100 miles by 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States," Musk said. "The batteries you need to store the energy, to make sure you have 24/7 power, is 1 mile by 1 mile. One square-mile. That's it."

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tells-national-governors-association-how-we-could-power-the-u-s-with-solar

William I am having the same thing here with the symbol but have found a way around that using HTML

Thanks for posting 

Basically everywhere. There is nowhere on this planet looking at any location of a large size, that is anywhere even close to being fully developed. You only need about 10,000 to 15,000 square miles, so 100 miles by 150 miles of PV, to provide all the energy we use in the USA. Solar looking at any country as a whole area, is barely touched for the maximum utilized area available for it, be it ground or existing structure.

Oh, and I finally with certainty, saw the green comet tonight at 9:30 EDT, in between cumulus cloud movements a little bit above Mars. A splatch of non defined light, very faint.

Question. Every time I try and right mouse click for spelling, it keeps bringing up the link word and symbol...??..

I can not find a way to get rid of it, back to a normal right click menu, including spell check.

Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

Thanks

A back-of-the-envelope calculation says that about 2000 square feet per person would be enough in the US. That sounds a bit large compared to residential floor area, but when commercial and industrial buildings are considered, we could get all the power we need from roof top PV. No need to disturb more natural areas. Covering parking lots produces power where it is needed for EV's and has the added benefit of keeping cars cooler. In Louisville, covering the buildings and parking lots at Ford and General Electric alone would serve a sizable fraction of the local load.

I always say 100 x 150 to cover any extras and the naysayers.... and unusual circumstances....

The point is either one of those is actually pretty small in comparison... Practically speaking you could do 100 or so 10 mile x 10 mile blocks scattered around the country for resiliency, combined with existing structures and dozens of other location venues, etc.. to get the total you want.... Its not an all or nothing proposition.

Elon Musk Tells National Governors Association How We Could Power the U.S. With Solar

"If you wanted to power the entire U.S. with solar panels, it would take a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah; you only need about 100 miles by 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States," Musk said. "The batteries you need to store the energy, to make sure you have 24/7 power, is 1 mile by 1 mile. One square-mile. That's it."

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tells-national-governors-association-how-we-could-power-the-u-s-with-solar

William I am having the same thing here with the symbol but have found a way around that using HTML

Thanks for posting 

Basically everywhere. There is nowhere on this planet looking at any location of a large size, that is anywhere even close to being fully developed. You only need about 10,000 to 15,000 square miles, so 100 miles by 150 miles of PV, to provide all the energy we use in the USA. Solar looking at any country as a whole area, is barely touched for the maximum utilized area available for it, be it ground or existing structure.

Oh, and I finally with certainty, saw the green comet tonight at 9:30 EDT, in between cumulus cloud movements a little bit above Mars. A splatch of non defined light, very faint.

Question. Every time I try and right mouse click for spelling, it keeps bringing up the link word and symbol...??..

I can not find a way to get rid of it, back to a normal right click menu, including spell check.

Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

Thanks

Basically everywhere. There is nowhere on this planet looking at any location of a large size, that is anywhere even close to being fully developed. You only need about 10,000 to 15,000 square miles, so 100 miles by 150 miles of PV, to provide all the energy we use in the USA. Solar looking at any country as a whole area, is barely touched for the maximum utilized area available for it, be it ground or existing structure.

Oh, and I finally with certainty, saw the green comet tonight at 9:30 EDT, in between cumulus cloud movements a little bit above Mars. A splatch of non defined light, very faint.

Question. Every time I try and right mouse click for spelling, it keeps bringing up the link word and symbol...??..

I can not find a way to get rid of it, back to a normal right click menu, including spell check.

Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

Thanks

Yes, basically everywhere. I like this map showing PV necessary to power the world: http://landartgenerator.org/pdf/PosterSolar.pdf. The little rectangles are all that are needed. A map of solar potential shows that northern Africa has widespread potential.

Basically everywhere. There is nowhere on this planet looking at any location of a large size, that is anywhere even close to being fully developed. You only need about 10,000 to 15,000 square miles, so 100 miles by 150 miles of PV, to provide all the energy we use in the USA. Solar looking at any country as a whole area, is barely touched for the maximum utilized area available for it, be it ground or existing structure.

Oh, and I finally with certainty, saw the green comet tonight at 9:30 EDT, in between cumulus cloud movements a little bit above Mars. A splatch of non defined light, very faint.

Question. Every time I try and right mouse click for spelling, it keeps bringing up the link word and symbol...??..

I can not find a way to get rid of it, back to a normal right click menu, including spell check.

Anyone know of any areas of the US or the world that have high potential to produce solar energy that have not already been developed with solar energy plants? 

Thanks