Colorado Solar Powered
Filed in archive Renewable Energy , Solar , US by michael on April 18, 2006

... began soliciting bids for a photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant that will be located in Colorado's San Luis Valley to produce about 13,700-megawatt hours of electricity a year. Xcel Press ReleaseHere are some of the bid numbers, Xcel's bid request is based on the fact that Colorado's Renewable Energy Standard requires that for 2007 through 2010 three percent of annual retail electric sales must come from renewable energy resources, for 2011 through 2014 six percent and for 2015 and after 10 percent. The standard also requires that four percent of all Renewable Energy must come from solar generation. Summarized for 2007 through 2010:
3% of All Energy from Renewable Energy Resources
4% of Renewable Resources must be Solar
0.12% Total Solar Colorado Power for 2007-2010 or 13,700 MWhrs
To meet the 0.12% requirement knowing that solar panel generation will degrade over time, the first year panel output specification has been raised by 25% to 1,715 MWhrs. The other part of Colorado's Standard requires an additional 13,700 solar MWhrs applied in individual (person or company) applications. Complete details available by following the Press Release link above.
Looks like solar power is taking a foothold in the west... What's your opinion is solar power feasible on a scale much larger than this?
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