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Vice President Harris to announce major U.S. order for community solar power
CNBC ^ | April 6, 2023 | by Emma Newburger

Posted on 04/06/2023 9:25:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

KEY POINTS:

* Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday plans to announce a commitment between South Korean solar cell manufacturer Qcells and Virginia-based Summit Ridge Energy to deploy 1.2 gigawatts of community solar power.

* Harris will make the announcement during a trip to the Qcells facility in Dalton, Georgia as part of the White House’s “Invest in America” tour.

* The deal would be the largest community solar order in U.S. history and require the manufacturing of 2.5 million solar panels, Biden administration officials said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidenadm; bigguy; boondoggle; brown; debt; deficit; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; hunter; kamala; kneepads; socialism; solar; solarenergy; solarpower; spending; tenpercent; willie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

hey border czar look over here.


21 posted on 04/06/2023 9:44:18 AM PDT by coalminersson
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Will Harris try to explain to us what the sun and electricty are, as if we’re 7 yr olds?


22 posted on 04/06/2023 9:45:49 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Since when did she become the head of the Commerce Department? I thought she was put in charge of the southern border crisis.


23 posted on 04/06/2023 9:48:20 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What are those communities going to do for power at night?


24 posted on 04/06/2023 9:48:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So green, having Korea manufacture millions of solar panels for us!


25 posted on 04/06/2023 9:49:32 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The same thing communities to the north, under the clouds, will do all winter.


26 posted on 04/06/2023 9:50:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: PGR88
Technically, "community solar" is another phrase for "decentralized solar" in that it's not powering the entire grid in that region. It powers just a neighborhood (but pulls power from the grid when the solar and batteries aren't able to provide all the power needed).

If you've heard about the few of us FReepers who own solar and don't do it to save the world from cow farts or such, but to give us some energy independence from the sky high energy prices the Dims keep jacking up, it's like that but for a handful of homes instead of just one home. My solar provides 80% of the power I need in our all electric home. My inverters pull the rest from the grid. Community solar is the same but with a station supporting a neighborhood, pulling from the grid when the neighborhood's needs exceed the solar/battery output.

The financial model, though, is it's part of their power bill. So in that way it's the same as stupidly making the grid depend on solar which does nothing but raise costs. The only time solar has a chance of being financially worth it is if you get rid of the bureaucrats between you and the energy source (installing and managing solar for your own home). And even then you have to think like a project engineer.

27 posted on 04/06/2023 9:51:08 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Freeze in the dark?


28 posted on 04/06/2023 9:51:31 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How come no one asks where the energy is stored so that power is available after the sun sets. How big is a 1.2 gigawatt battery and where do the rare earth materials come from to produce it?


29 posted on 04/06/2023 9:56:45 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Read the fine print. Follow the money.


30 posted on 04/06/2023 9:58:07 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Invest in America with a billion$ contract with a South Korean company?


31 posted on 04/06/2023 10:00:18 AM PDT by silverleaf (It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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To: Organic Panic
My Dad had a solar panel...plumbed to his Jacuzzi. It was robust,,,,encased in a glassed in metal box. The panel was copper....worked great. This was in SoCal.

These plastic panels are garbage.

I like solar power and wind power in certain situations....But not these commercial eye sours wind power crap.

32 posted on 04/06/2023 10:05:44 AM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

SUPER. THAT needs to be shown over and over and over. I bet if Harris was asked “what about Solyndra”, she’d try to think what it meant and answer with some cockamamie words and she would fail!!!!! She is unable to utter the words, “I DON’T KNOW.”

She could ask her boss as it was his job as VP to keep track of that funding to Solyndra - AND HE FAILED ALSO!


33 posted on 04/06/2023 10:06:16 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That border thing is all done. Didn’t you get the memo??


34 posted on 04/06/2023 10:12:08 AM PDT by sasquatch
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Or else get your CBDC turned off?


35 posted on 04/06/2023 10:12:32 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I was an early enthusiast of the solar plant built in Spain years ago. It is/was probably the largest solar energy plant ever built. You see it in some movies and it is massive.

Unfortunately, Spain closed it down a few years ago because it was never able to sustain itself by the sale of solar energy alone. It continued to require substantial subsidies from the government which eventually led to the closure.

36 posted on 04/06/2023 10:19:51 AM PDT by wildbill (The older I get, the less the term 'life in prison" scares me)
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To: spokeshave

That’s nice, but you won’t see scenes like this in Albany, Valdosta and Savannah.


37 posted on 04/06/2023 10:20:05 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“and Virginia-based Summit Ridge Energy “

I see.

Long time democrat donor

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=&cycle=&state=&zip=&employ=Summit+Ridge+Energy&occupation=&jurisdiction=&cand=&type=


38 posted on 04/06/2023 10:29:08 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Any time I get a call from someone selling solar panels for my home I ask where are your solar panels made? If China or they don’t know I’ll say call me back when you are selling solar panels made in the US.


39 posted on 04/06/2023 10:29:37 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: PGR88
what the hell is “community” solar power?

It’s the now tactful way to say communist solar power. The commies are not the South Koreans. They are the United States.

40 posted on 04/06/2023 10:32:28 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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