Lmst

(1/?)

@TechConnectify a few points about the corn ethanol vs. solar farm comparison;

According to permaculturist David Blume, author of Alcohol Can Be a Gas, corn is one of the lowest yield/acre ethanol feedstocks. The only reason it's used for fuel is that it's massively overproduced. Because of corn farming subsidies that started in the 1930s, and were increased in the 1980s.

#corn #ethanol #SolarFarms

@steel_virgin

RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115843801316293775

People wanting to build #Datacenters focus to much on #Energy #generation, and even then ignore #solarFarms. But the lack of infrastructure beyond just transmission lines has made some data centers useless. Transformers such as this are required. Suppliers and supplies are not cheap or abundant.
#transformers #electricity

Ratepayers save $1 billion with more solar power.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/leading-us-utility-trolls-trump-over-coal-solar-power-and-green-hydrogen-too/

#solar #solarpower #energy #affordablenergy #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #pv #greenhydrogen #hydrogen #powerplants #coalpower #renewableenergy #renewables #gogreen #sustainable #sustainability

Ratepayers save $1 billion with more solar power.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/leading-us-utility-trolls-trump-over-coal-solar-power-and-green-hydrogen-too/

#solar #solarpower #energy #affordablenergy #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #pv #greenhydrogen #hydrogen #powerplants #coalpower #renewableenergy #renewables #gogreen #sustainable #sustainability

No new coal power plants: Duke Energy saves ratepayers $1 billion, credits new solar farms and existing power plant upgrades.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/leading-us-utility-trolls-trump-over-coal-solar-power-and-green-hydrogen-too/

#solar #solarpower #energy #affordablenergy #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #pv #greenhydrogen #hydrogen #powerplants #coalpower #renewableenergy #renewables #gogreen #sustainable #sustainability

No new coal power plants: Duke Energy saves ratepayers $1 billion, credits new solar farms and existing power plant upgrades.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/leading-us-utility-trolls-trump-over-coal-solar-power-and-green-hydrogen-too/

#solar #solarpower #energy #affordablenergy #solarfarms #solarpowerplants #pv #greenhydrogen #hydrogen #powerplants #coalpower #renewableenergy #renewables #gogreen #sustainable #sustainability

New Jersey aims to prove solar panels and farming can co-exist.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/23/blue-state-steps-up-to-save-us-farms-with-solar-power/

#solar #solarpanels #agrivoltaic #agripv #agrisolar #agriculture #farms #farming #ruralsolar #industrialsolar #solarpower #solarpowerplants #solarfarms #solargrazing #sustainable #sustainability

New Jersey aims to prove solar panels and farming can co-exist.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/23/blue-state-steps-up-to-save-us-farms-with-solar-power/

#solar #solarpanels #agrivoltaic #agripv #agrisolar #agriculture #farms #farming #ruralsolar #industrialsolar #solarpower #solarpowerplants #solarfarms #solargrazing #sustainable #sustainability

New Jersey aims to prove solar panels and farming can co-exist.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/23/blue-state-steps-up-to-save-us-farms-with-solar-power/

#solar #solarpanels #agrivoltaic #agripv #agrisolar #agriculture #farms #farming #ruralsolar #industrialsolar #solarpower #solarpowerplants #solarfarms #solargrazing #sustainable #sustainability

Here is another great plug for the benefits of #solarfarms and #agrivoltaics

https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr/115601292718404315

@TheOneSwit
> you can grow your crops underneath solarpanels

FYI you can get transparent solar panels too. This is where panels ought to be, on roofs, where soil is already covered by building footprints. Not covering hectares of productive farmland.

The only reason Think Big "solar farms" are happening is that they're easier for financiers to extractors value from. They're the least likely to be where energy is used, and less likely to be well maintained long-term.

#SolarFarms

@Soweitsogut