The birth of a solar farm in Halifax County, NC

[@jolenerippy8514]

Amazing! Love seeing solar power in NC!

[@travisjack3161]

I'm so proud to have worked with you on this video George! You did an awesome job with the edit!!

[@mohannair5671]

Thanks for saving us

[@Artificerabbit]

Today I like Duke Power a little more than yesterday.

[@Stretrsedwards]

What's amazing about Solar powered energy is that we are just figuring it out after seeing the suns powerfull presence since the birth of our planet. Better late then never.

[@Richard-ie1if]

nah, its been used for 1000 years+ to heat, its just that its finally technologically economical to use it to produce electricity

[@mvimbinkambule14]

Great work. My country is importing 90% of power from South Africa, my dream is to build a solar power station after my graduation

[@andrewyang1446]

Amazing! How many acres is this?

[@edwardwhite221]

Tax payers pay 95% of the cost and get nothing for it. Even if it comes close to breaking even on the 5% investors shelled out. This is the most expensive form of energy on the planet. Don't let government spending fool you all.

[@va-ro]

provide explanation ...

[@hacerpanelsolar]

Maravilloso!

[@davidkettell5726]

i would love to see the size of that inverter ?

[@johnf6262]

From what I have seen they use small inverters turning a small amount of panels into ac then connecting all the ac line ac travels across wires than low voltage DC.

[@RemjiusMiyaiodongo]

This is my ultimate dream...

[@jean4756]

NICE. INCRIDBLE. I LIKE PANEL SOLAR FOTOVOLTAIC IS GOOD TO ALL PEOPLES !

[@edwardwhite221]

when you get out of prison you can apply for a job in this field jean

[@patkennah6726]

how much land did it take to build this solar farm?

[@yulopthegreat]

1acres

[@Solarenergymaps]

Will add to our map

[@teodorabadaluta6755]

Are nevoie și România de așa ceva

[@susiea.9844]

good ideas.

[@demontroberts3695]

Where is the energy going? And do it bring the cost of everyone power bill down?

[@ryanroberts1104]

LOL! Why would they do that? This was built by a company in the business of selling electricity. They charge extra for solar generated power whenever possible.

[@fredsheehan2650]

Answers: To the place that the connected grid services that will pay the most for the power. No, the cost of power will increase.

[@capten8287]

NC is ripe for solar. that state is the number 1 lithium producing state in the country.

[@fredsheehan2650]

Oh wonderful. Once the batteries are installed, the inverters, reactors, fans and transformers can make noise 24 hours per day.

[@MrKnt93]

Another Duke Energy-owned solar project.

[@edwardwhite221]

Another state tax payer utility welfare program.

[@briangarrow448]

Raise the panels 6 feet and graze animals underneath.

[@MrSteago1]

Brian Garrow what does that mean?...

[@briangarrow448]

MrSteago1 I would like to see dual usage of the property. If the panels were elevated, animals could graze under them. Sheep would keep the vegetation down and wouldn't damage or bump the panels. So instead of losing acreage of pasture, there would be an increase.

[@MrSteago1]

Brian Garrow never heard the term "gaze animal" before. wasn't certain what you meant by that... thanks for replying and confirming what I thought you meant...

[@msboston01]

He meant grazing as in eating (come on, you had to know that). I can however answer the question. Raising the panels to allow cattle to forage and eat would not be very productive as 1) there wouldn't be that much grass as half the land is shaded and 2) it would create new challenges for maintenance crews. A good dual use of land/power is adding panels to a roof of a large warehouse/factory imho.

[@edwardwhite221]

If you need someone to tell you what grazing means, you should put down your xbox controller and vape and go get an education and a job son

[@العواديفوزي]

shadows on the panels

[@tinman2420]

a gread mild stone…..

[@shannanschisler9577]

Go to Avasva eco blog and learn how to do it.

[@p.brooksmcginnis1749]

I lived in North Carolina for 7 years. Gets cold. No More War for Oil.

[@fredsheehan2650]

No, war for metals instead.

[@darrelraynor9326]

Please figure out low row crops you can raise in the spaces... THAT would be a coop! Multiple uses of the land.

[@movax20h]

They would be in a shadow all the time. It makes little sense.

[@fredsheehan2650]

And plants between the shadows will be inundated with high velocity sheets of water running of the panels when it rains, washed away.

[@al1383]

Where is the meat and potatoes? This is all, feel good about yourself (for making a huge, government subsidized, profit) for installing solar panels “free energy”. Where are the facts? Cost of project, power production, longevity, maintenance required, etc. I recycled a soda can, I felt no need to video it, I didn’t even get nothing out of my recycling of said can.

[@SolarJim2]

it should over produce, the DC/AC Ratio is very high.

[@Wonder-the]

Just to produce one panel it causes so much pollution, plus it needs so much land that could be use to produce food or shelters for animals or humans, plus it always, always need a back up power go work, sooooo it’s just a wast of money and propaganda to make people think they are doing a good job

[@illuminate4622]

You're wrong. It doesn't use too much land or minerals. What do you think is the alternative? I think solar is the best energy source by far.

[@Richard-ie1if]

how much money does this lose...using semi useful land in NC versus desert? energy/m^2 alone is low not to mention the waste of that land

[@Richard-ie1if]

not 1 financial posted, so this was a waste of tax payer money. if they're lucky maybe a 15-20 year return at best if the market can consume it.

[@joyo4435]

@@Richard-ie1if The oil and coal industries gets a lot more subsidies than any renewable energy source also solar is one of the cheapest way to make energy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source#United_States Also it takes 5-6 years to pay back NOT 15-20 years. www.renewableenergyhub.co.uk/main/solar-panels/return-on-investment-for-pv-return-on-investment-for-solar-panels-roi-for-pv-solar-panels-pay-back/

[@rodneyperry2490]

What a waste of good land!

[@rodneyperry2490]

***** To grow food, wildlife, ecology...not efficient power generation.

[@jonesnj07]

+Rodney Perry coal is like 35% efficient, so solar is actually way better.

[@rodneyperry2490]

Nathan Jones ..and they went home for the night and the lights didn't turn on.

[@jonesnj07]

Rodney Perry ever heard of energy storage, plus nuclear beats everything so it doesn't matter.

[@rodneyperry2490]

Nathan Jones don't forget coal,

[@cheese3416]

Horrible

[@flodjod]

get planting under the system, plants reduce heat from underneath and increase productivity

[@JohnSmith-xq6cv]

Horrible