Posted on 07/12/2013 10:56:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai
California’s rebate program for homeowners who go solar is winding down, the money nearly spent. But it’s still setting a few records before the end.
In 2012, Californians installed enough rooftop solar panels to generate a record 391 megawatts of electricity, according to a rebate program update issued this week by the state. That’s up 26 percent from 2011.
Oh, and those numbers don’t even include Los Angeles and Sacramento. The California Solar Initiative provides rebates to customers of the state’s investor-owned utilities, such as Pacific Gas and Electric Co., while both L.A. and Sacramento have their own municipal utilities covered under different solar incentives. …
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Well, it really is nothing more than recovering stored solar energy...
One suspects that the "estimates" are exaggerations compounded with magical thinking.
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Undoubtedly that’s peak energy on a sunny summer afternoon. The 365-day, 24-hour average has to be well under half of that.
Assuming all coal is of biological origin, of course. Unquestionably true for peat, lignite and bituminous, and probably true for most anthracite as well.
Woopie!
US consumption of electricity per year approx: 3,886,400,000 MEGA watt hours vs 391 MW.*24*365 or .088131947% of USA requirements if somehow the tree huggers got the sun to shine 24 hrs a day 365 days a year.
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