The array of solar panels all facing south give the appearance of a shimmering lake. And by late December, the 300,000 solar panels, each roughly the size of a 46-inch flat screen television near the Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown off Roxbury Road, are expected to generate a peak of 20 megawatts of power per hour.
The solar farm annually will produce enough electricity to power 4,000 to 5,000 single family homes, according to an estimate by an official at First Solar Inc., the company leasing the land from the state to run the plant.
The solar farm, which is spread over 160 acres, will be the largest in Maryland, and represents one more step toward the state’s goal of generating 20 percent of its energy from renewable resources by 2022.
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Let's hope the solar panels aren't Evergreen, Solyndra, Abound or any of the multitudes of now bankrupt ARRA stimulus companies.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone out there know what brand the solar panels are?
First Solar and Belectric are responsible for the project. First Solar is assembling the panels. Don't know about the individuals cells.
ReplyDeleteGoogling leads to the discovery that both companies are based our West.
7:09, while you are googling you should also google the success rate of the green energy program. Despite the nonsense you've obviously soaked up from Limbaugh, Solyndra is not representative of the majority of the firms who received money. And of those that no longer exist, many were actually bought out by larger firms. Bought out, as in investors (like Romney) believing that the company was a good buy.
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ReplyDeletedont use reason around here, youll be called a gay socialist soldier against religion
What a joke this will end up a total failure , keep on you greenie weenies.
ReplyDeleteMy husband was just hired by Belectric after being an unemployed master electrician with 30 years experience for 1-1/2 years. Thank you Belectric!
ReplyDelete8:02 Not so sure about the success rate of solar companies-Siemens recently announced major layoffs and closing of it's solar division.
ReplyDeleteUS govt is subsidizing to the tune of billions in borrowed money for what amounts to nothing more than an experiment.
It just does not make sense for any govenment to be subsidizing anything that very few people can afford esp the fed govt which is doing it on borrowed money. The concentration should be on something people use and need everyday such as gas. Anything that can lower the gasoline prices would be sensible. The less it costs people to fill up their vehicles the more it benefits other areas of commerce.
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