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Tag Archives: solar arrays
Soaking up the sun with floating solar farms
In recent years floating solar farms have been popping up on water bodies around the globe. While typically more expensive to initially install, floating solar facilities have several notable advantages, including: Less use of productive farm land or valuable lands … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, agriculture, Alternative energy, architecture, Asia, China, climate, climate change, economic development, ecosystems, energy, engineering, environment, Europe, geography, India, infrastructure, Maps, nature, North America, pictures, planning, politics, Portugal, product design, Renewable Energy, rivers/watersheds, Science, solar, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, topography, UK, urban planning, water
Tagged environment, floating solar, geography, land use, nature, planning, solar, solar arrays, solar energy, solar farms, water, waterbodies
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India’s largest solar parks by acreage and megawatts
Below are two (2) lists identifying the largest solar parks in India by acreage and by megawatts. As always, addition information, corrections, or suggestions are most welcome. ACREAGE – for those solar parks with a published size available online Dholera … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, climate, climate change, energy, environment, geography, India, land use, nature, planning, Renewable Energy, Science, solar, spatial design, Statistics, technology, weather
Tagged energy, environment, geography, India, planning, solar, solar arrays, solar energy, solar farms, solar parks
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Airport solar energy production in the United States
The list provided below identifies those airports in the United States that have installed a minimum of 0.5 megawatt (0.5 MW = to 500 kW) of solar arrays/farms on their property. While the list may seem long, it is but … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative energy, architecture, aviation, Cars, cities, civics, climate, climate change, economic development, energy, engineering, environment, geography, government, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, pictures, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, solar, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged airports, cities, energy, environment, geography, land use, planning, solar, solar arrays, solar farms, sun, transportation, travel
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Building solar farms on closed landfills in Massachusetts
As the list directly below demonstrates, over the past decade more than 80 communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have successfully turned their closed brownfield landfills into green energy producing “bright fields.” Acton Landfill = 1.59 megawatt solar array on … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptive reuse, bright fields, brownfield, green, green energy, landfills, Massachusetts, renewable energy, reuse, solar, solar arrays, solar farms, sun
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