🧑‍🤝‍🧑 / 🏡 A phone photo thread...

[Rsedge72]

Gotcha. TVA? Maybe you can give us some insight on the Landman thread about the real viability of windmills.

Yeah!!! I know what I’ve “heard” 2nd, 3rd hand. It’s pretty interesting stuff to get some insight

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Yeah!!! I know what I’ve “heard” 2nd, 3rd hand. It’s pretty interesting stuff to get some insight

There's a ton of government subsidies in the initial construction. The real test, as with most any project, will be if the useful life and maintenance costs approximate original projections.

 

[PurlJam]

Gotcha. TVA? Maybe you can give us some insight on the Landman thread about the real viability of windmills.

Retired Alabama Power, Now with one of those evil "Green Energy" companies.

 

[PurlJam]

There's a ton of government subsidies in the initial construction. The real test, as with most any project, will be if the useful life and maintenance costs approximate original projections.

There is and the issue I share with the other PMs in the region is these construction companies do a piss poor job on their workmanship trying to cut cost and make as much money as they can. Getting them to cover their warranties is a nightmare too. Things you see as well as pretty much everything you see in the media about this stuff is completely false.

1. No way, no how is "Green Energy" going to replace Gas, Coal, and Nukes. There is no way to control the "fuel" source. It's simple as this, sun don't shine, I don't make power, wind don't blow, wind site doesn't make power. The solar sites that have a BESS can only sustain around 4 hours of power at night.

All honesty, the government needs to get out of it and let Elon run the renewable side of things. JMO

 

[Justneedme81]

Power plant. The PM in Illinois has 2 sites and had some scheduled work at the same time for both sites. I came up to give him some help at the one outside of Springfield. My plant is in/near Muscle Shoals (actually located in Cherokee)

Where in Cherokee as My wife's from there. We would love to see it on way back.

 

[PurlJam]

Where in Cherokee as My wife's from there. We would love to see it on way back.

East of Cherokee (On Mulberry Lane) off of Highway 72

 

[It Takes Eleven]

East of Cherokee (On Mulberry Lane) off of Highway 72

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@PurlJam

Man, that's a lot of solar, looks like about four sections or 2,500 acres gross. Was the substation built in conjunction with the farm?

I have a limited knowledge on the potential for long-term impacts from solar farms. The lease contracts I've seen are for ten years, extendable another ten years. Then, the farmer is required to keep their land fallow for an additional ten years after equipment is removed. I've heard competing rationales for this. The first that something is leaching into the soil. The second is that the current kills necessary microbes in the soil and will take time to replenish.

Do you know why the fallow requirement is in the land lease contracts?

 

[PurlJam]

@PurlJam

Man, that's a lot of solar, looks like about four sections or 2,500 acres gross. Was the substation built in conjunction with the farm?

I have a limited knowledge on the potential for long-term impacts from solar farms. The lease contracts I've seen are for ten years, extendable another ten years. Then, the farmer is required to keep their land fallow for an additional ten years after equipment is removed. I've heard competing rationales for this. The first that something is leaching into the soil. The second is that the current kills necessary microbes in the soil and will take time to replenish.

Do you know why the fallow requirement is in the land lease contracts?

It is 3000 acres (Nameplate 238 MW). It's the largest site in Alabama. We don't have anything that can leach into the soil here. The panels are made out of Silicon and the inverters have dry transformers (No oil or any type of liquid cooling system). If the current is killing necessary microbes, it's definitely not hurting the vegetation or wildlife, we have everything from Osprey, Hawks, Deer, and Skunks everywhere. My biggest expense is paying for a vegetation management company year around to keep the weeds and grass beat down. I don't know why fallow requirements are in the land leases. Our PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with TVA is 20 years

 

[It Takes Eleven]

It is 3000 acres (Nameplate 238 MW). It's the largest site in Alabama. We don't have anything that can leach into the soil here. The panels are made out of Silicon and the inverters have dry transformers (No oil or any type of liquid cooling system). If the current is killing necessary microbes, it's definitely not hurting the vegetation or wildlife, we have everything from Osprey, Hawks, Deer, and Skunks everywhere. My biggest expense is paying for a vegetation management company year around to keep the weeds and grass beat down. I don't know why fallow requirements are in the land leases. Our PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with TVA is 20 years

Thanks for the response. I knew that was a big piece of land.

In terms of panels, I'm sure those are much, much better built than a home or off-grid product, but is there anything you'd personally look for in a small system that some don't offer?

 

[PurlJam]

Thanks for the response. I knew that was a big piece of land.

In terms of panels, I'm sure those are much, much better built than a home or off-grid product, but is there anything you'd personally look for in a small system that some don't offer?

Yeah, the panels are more robust and larger than what you would find for a home. I would look for one with a tracker system that tracks the sun east to west and will also find the highest irradiance position on cloudy days (known as diffuse mode). Im not sure if smaller systems offer these options but they would definitely be worth checking out.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Spending the weekend in Fort Lauderdale ahead of a Monday meeting. Some friends have an old family condo that was his Dad’s for decades, classic old condo, circa 1962, tenth floor, end unit. They have almost completed a wonderful update to it, keeping the old tile but really upgrading things. Caught the big ships coming in this morning at the cruise terminal. Sitting here, I can see the allure of south Florida.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Outside watching the games by the fire tonight…

 

[Krimson]

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Spending the weekend in Fort Lauderdale ahead of a Monday meeting. Some friends have an old family condo that was his Dad’s for decades, classic old condo, circa 1962, tenth floor, end unit. They have almost completed a wonderful update to it, keeping the old tile but really upgrading things. Caught the big ships coming in this morning at the cruise terminal. Sitting here, I can see the allure of south Florida.

Just got to homestead area on way to key west. South Florida winters are the best.

 

[PurlJam]

Drone shot of Muscle Shoals Solar.

 

[Krimson]

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Drone shot of Muscle Shoals Solar.

Guess it pays better than farming?

 

[PurlJam]

Guess it pays better than farming?

The land here wasn't used for farming, it was a "wetland." The landowners getting a lot of bang for their buck on this one as it couldn't have been used for much of anything else.

 

[PurlJam]

Thought about posting pics of my Colonoscopy today, but the anesthesia wore off. Y'all welcome.

 

[rick4bama]

Thought about posting pics of my Colonoscopy today, but the anesthesia wore off. Y'all welcome.

Did you get pictures? I did we both can show them off!!

 

[Rsedge72]

NO!!!!!!!

 

[PurlJam]

NO!!!!!!!

I did learn 2 things.
1. My wife can't ever tell me I'm full of shit again.
2. Dr. told me something I already knew. I'm just one big asshole.
So now Ive got actual confirmation on both.