The SunCatcher
This has been the summer– and is now the autumn — of solar love here in the Southwest.
Last week we reported on the announcement by Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) that they plan to build a 25-MW PV solar power plant outside of Tucson. That’s nearly twice the size of the largest existing PV plant in the US today.
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SunCatchers™
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) gets a bad rap from desert dwellers. First, there’s the concern over disturbing some of our wildest areas to build sprawling solar farms. Many object to how the giant sites can ruin their view of the desert.
But the biggest concern is over what these lands possess in minute amounts.
“Water usage is becoming the larger issue,” a lawyer for one solar power company told a reporter in April.
Depending on the design, CSP can use up to 750,000 gallons of water for each GWh of electrical production (roughly the same as a comparable coal or nuclear power plant). .. continue reading ..
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