The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the first proposed projects under the department’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, an effort to repurpose parts of DOE-owned lands into clean energy sites.
DOE will enter into lease negotiations with both selected solar energy developers for projects within the 890 square mile Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site with a goal of producing 400 MW of solar power. NorthRenew Energy Partners proposes to install photovoltaics along with battery storage to produce 300 MW on approximately 2,000 acres of land. Spitfire proposes to install photovoltaics along with battery storage to produce 100 MW on approximately 500 acres of land.
“Tens of thousands of acres of DOE-owned land across the nation are being transformed into thriving centers of carbon-free power generation,” says U.S. Energy of Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm.
“Working closely with community leaders and private sector partners, we’re cleaning up land once used in our nuclear deterrence programs and deploying the clean energy solutions we need to help save the planet and strengthen our energy independence.”
The two selected developers will enter into negotiations with DOE to enter into leases for the development of the proposed PV projects.
As part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, DOE has also issued requests for qualifications to lease land at the Hanford site in Washington, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, the Nevada National Security Site and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The department plans to announce additional selections this year.
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DOE Announces First Projects Under Clean Energy Initiative Cleanup Project
I met a guy earlier today who told me that wind and solar are controversial, and that some people say that the mining and manufacturing of wind turbines requires more fossil fuels that the turbines themselves produce.
I told him that I’m aware of such people; they’re called “professional liars.”
I explained the concept of EROI, energy return on investment, and surprised him by saying that the EROI of wind is somewhere between 18 and 30, meaning that each wind turbine you see as you drive along the freeway will generate at least 18 times as much energy as was required in its mining, fabrication, installation, maintenance, and decommissioning–all the way up to 30 times that amount.
The generation of disinformation of renewables has become a cottage industry. People are paid to make up and publish complete bullshit, so as to discredit the burgeoning clean energy industry, and keep Big Oil in place.
As bad as things are in the United States, they could always get worse.
Trump could succeed in his quest to be a dictator, Christianity could be taught in schools, and unvaccinated adults and their kids could trigger another epidemic.
In terms of our reputation on the world stage, however, things really can’t get must worse; the countries around the globe already regard us with a mixture of hate and derision.
Yet regardless of what the future holds, there will always be idiots who that believe that Trump is our savior, like the author of the meme above.
Good to see John Eastman disbarred in California; it’s a small measure of justice.
Criminal prosecution in the future?
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