Comments on: Advocates say solar industry will take a hit from Supreme Court EPA decision

By: Solarman

Solarman — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 23:06:32 +0000

The electric power industry knows full well the O&M costs of decommissioning fueled generation and constructing solar PV, wind generation and distributed ESS facilities along the grid.

In 2019 NGS coal plant in Northern Arizona was decommissioned about 6 to 8 years before it was planned. The NGS plant had 500 full time employees for 24 hour operations. I have heard no more but a proposed (very large) solar PV farm has been proposed in the same area and something like a build out of 2GWp with energy storage might take a workforce of a little less than 100 employees to keep the plant providing power for 24 hours each day. No emissions to meet, lower cost O&M and assets that don’t wear out from mechanical operation. With solar PV a 30 year plant can well mean the same components online for 30 years of service.

By: Green Ridge Solar

Green Ridge Solar — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:25:33 +0000

The fact of the matter is that climate change is not a state-by-state issue. Catastrophic changes to our climate do not stop at any border. The solutions to this crisis must be taken on by those institutions that have the resources and will to do so.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:41:56 +0000

Climate Change is too serious to leave these kinds of decisions to chance. If this continues, humankind will suffer the certain consequences.

By: Solarman

Solarman — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 19:00:19 +0000

It sounds to me like SCOTUS is pushing the responsibility down to the States to make decisions as to what a generation plant in a particular State will take on to remediate emissions and decarbonization. This is a new era, less Federal oversight, more State oversight and “if you want it, you pay for it. “