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Apple building 174 acre solar farm to power North Carolina data center
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Posted on 10/29/2011 9:00:47 AM PDT by matt04
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To: Noamie
I hope they have a terrific water source. Washing 174 acres of panels isnt a one well job.That's no problema. They will be providing a lot of jobs for those willing to do the work Americans won't do.
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posted on
10/29/2011 10:36:24 AM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: the invisib1e hand
Apple building 174 acre solar farm to power North Carolina data center
Maybe they should build their own nuclear power plant. One of those new, safe, small ones. Then they wouldn't have to worry about ice, snow, rain, clouds, dust, and the major part of the 24 hour cycle when there's not enough light to do much of anything.
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posted on
10/29/2011 10:36:33 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: RobinOfKingston
One hundred and seventy-four acres dedicated to powering, if not one building, then one endeavor, a data center, in a group of buildings. There is terminal stupidity behind this. What kind of natural gas power plant could they put on 174 acres?
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posted on
10/29/2011 10:40:11 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: cowtowney
and will be partly responsible for powering iCloud
partial is right on the money.
So, if it works even 50% of the time, theyve saved on electricity (less their solar costs).
You better check out what 174 acres of solar panels gets you in NC. And you’re 50% number is off by 25% plus %. and those numbers are based on doing it in Death Valley.
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posted on
10/29/2011 10:49:34 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
("The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win and cheat if necessary.")
To: matt04
It should take about 75 years to recoup the amount invested.
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posted on
10/29/2011 10:54:41 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: matt04
How many poor Africans could be fed by the corn, soybeans, alfalfa or dairy herds that could occupy 174 acres???
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posted on
10/29/2011 11:01:26 AM PDT
by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: yldstrk
“Wonder how big a federal loan thye got”
Not sure about any loans but I am sure they got half back in tax breaks.
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posted on
10/29/2011 11:45:44 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: Perdogg
Even with selling back electicity, which that small plant couldn’t possibly sell back as it doesn’t feed the entire complex enough electricity as it is, solar never pays off. The price of the systems are still too high for break even points within 25 years. They simply do not generate enough electricity to cover their costs.
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posted on
10/29/2011 11:47:35 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: Arrowhead1952
“The city is paying $10 million a year for 25 years as the solar farms sole client to Gemini Solar Development Co., the farms owner and operator.”
And they are paying several times more for the solar cost over normal forms of energy just to tell people they are using solar.
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posted on
10/29/2011 11:50:27 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: cowtowney
Apple has $82 billion in cash. They won’t need to beg the EPA or DoE for it.
But it does rain a lot in that part of the world...nothing like the Northwest, but enough. They should have built the thing in west Texas .... plenty of wind power (tons of turbines) and plenty of sun too. Only thing it lacks? People!
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posted on
10/29/2011 11:53:36 AM PDT
by
comps4spice
(Liberalism is a threat to life and liberty in the USA.)
To: the invisib1e hand
It’s true that Obama is first and foremost a hard left academic.
However he did get that Masters degree in “Operations” from the Chicago Mob, the folks that pretty much perfected political corruption.
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posted on
10/29/2011 11:54:39 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
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To: matt04
174 acres to power 1 building?
Drill 1 well and split it with 5 neighbors.
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posted on
10/29/2011 12:30:32 PM PDT
by
BOOHA
To: cowtowney
Its private capital. I am going to assume theyve run the numbers. No way this is a PR move.I'll bet they ran the numbers. Big tax incentives to install the solar equipment. It is exactly PR. Apple being "green". When it fails to do the job, they write it off as a loss. Another way to save on their tax bills. It's not an area known for being excessively sunny. A Mojave desert location would be believable, but Apple already understands what total boneheads CA regulators can be.
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posted on
10/29/2011 1:16:42 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Jack Hydrazine
It should take about 75 years to recoup the amount invested.What's the probability that a hurricane or tornado will come by and "rearrange" the field of solar panels before the "investment" is recouped?
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posted on
10/29/2011 1:21:19 PM PDT
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Myrddin
To: Myrddin
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posted on
10/29/2011 1:53:59 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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10/29/2011 3:39:05 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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To: saganite
... and will be partly responsible for powering iCloud.Even 170 acres of solar cells wont do the job when its dark. Or raining. Or cloudy.
That gives a whole new meaning to I Cloud.
To: matt04
I wonder how much the solar instillation will cost, and if Apple had to do a rigorous impact study about the common field mouse before grading the land.No way is this cheaper than buying electricity unless Apple gloms onto all kinds of Gov't money and tax breaks to build this. AlGore can steer this Gov't cash in their direction, he is on the Apple board of directors
This is a vanity project. Apple has 80 billion in the bank, it can afford to blow a billion or two on such solar nonsense. But the PR value will be great for Apple being that it is the official computer of the naive young, hippies, lesbians, global warming scare mongers, college students, gays, urban dwellers like in NYC. The Apple store there is a Mecca for the delusional
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posted on
10/29/2011 5:00:07 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having - - Sting)
To: cowtowney
Its private capital. Are there government subsidies for all this "green" stuff. If is obvious that loan guarantees are.
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