Comments on: Ohio Republicans introduce community solar-enabling legislation https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/10/ohio-republicans-introduce-community-solar-enabling-legislation/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 By: Solarman https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/10/ohio-republicans-introduce-community-solar-enabling-legislation/#comment-114948 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 01:31:57 +0000 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/?p=96298#comment-114948 “”The legislation authorizes the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to certify up to 2,000 MW of community solar projects. PUCO may also certify an additional 1,000 MW of community solar project constructed exclusively on “distressed sites,” as long as the majority of these projects are located in the Appalachian region.””

Don’t want to be a “Debbie downer” 2GW of distributed community solar PV is really great. Lest we forget how behind Ohio really is in accepting renewable energy and the application of Solar PV, Wind and energy storage as a “new normal”. On the road to grid decarbonization and the increased use of BEV over ICE transportation in the years to come, Ohio needs about 350GWh a day generation “just” to cover the domestic population electricity use. When it comes to electrification of the transportation sector one could need up around another 111GWh of electricity generation a day to charge electric vehicles for the next day’s drive. This presents probably a mix of solar PV and wind generation of around 115GWpeak for at least 4 hours every day. That right there is several really (giga) large redox battery complex that needs to be built regionally to insure enough energy for a days needs in the State.

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