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This is what the world's largest offshore solar power plant of 1 GW looks like It is located in China, eight kilometers from the coast of Donging pic.twitter.com/53RcBJsm5Q— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterFamily) November 16, 2024
This is what the world's largest offshore solar power plant of 1 GW looks like It is located in China, eight kilometers from the coast of Donging pic.twitter.com/53RcBJsm5Q
China opens World's Largest offshore Solar Power Facility, as U.S. Falls Farther Behind | Juan Cole | China is the most advanced solar society in the world with over 600 gigawatts of installed solar capacity, which saves the country billions of dollars a year over paying for imported fossil gas. The US is in comparison backward, only having about 130 GW of solar. It is therefore no surprise that Beijing has, as Aman Tripathi reports, just connected to high capacity transmission wires the world's large offshore solar plant off the coast of Shandong Province, a 1-gigawatt facility. The facility also does fish farming. The nearly 3,000 photovoltaic platforms are attached to fixed pilings in the sea floor and are spread over an area of some 4 square miles. It will generate enough power to provide electricity to 2.6 million people. And this installation is only the beginning. China is aiming to have 60 gigawatts of offshore solar in only 3 years from now -- an incredible build-out if it happens. China also already has 61 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity. Wind, water, solar and battery are clearly the way forward on meeting the world's power needs while avoiding massive carbon pollution.
China is the most advanced solar society in the world with over 600 gigawatts of installed solar capacity, which saves the country billions of dollars a year over paying for imported fossil gas. The US is in comparison backward, only having about 130 GW of solar.
It is therefore no surprise that Beijing has, as Aman Tripathi reports, just connected to high capacity transmission wires the world's large offshore solar plant off the coast of Shandong Province, a 1-gigawatt facility. The facility also does fish farming.
The nearly 3,000 photovoltaic platforms are attached to fixed pilings in the sea floor and are spread over an area of some 4 square miles. It will generate enough power to provide electricity to 2.6 million people.
And this installation is only the beginning. China is aiming to have 60 gigawatts of offshore solar in only 3 years from now -- an incredible build-out if it happens.
China also already has 61 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity. Wind, water, solar and battery are clearly the way forward on meeting the world's power needs while avoiding massive carbon pollution.
Morocco plans to build 1.4 gigawatts of wind and solar power in Western Sahara by 2027, nearly doubling the region's renewable capacity as it prepares for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, despite the ongoing territorial dispute.[_link]#maghrebinsider pic.twitter.com/YX6RlEUsLD— Maghreb Insider (@MaghrebInsiderr) October 16, 2024
Morocco plans to build 1.4 gigawatts of wind and solar power in Western Sahara by 2027, nearly doubling the region's renewable capacity as it prepares for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, despite the ongoing territorial dispute.[_link]#maghrebinsider pic.twitter.com/YX6RlEUsLD
Morocco will double its green energy production in the Sahara ahead of the World Cup in 2030 'Sapere aude'
However, the investment needed to hook everyone up to the grid is far more expensive than the costs of providing basic or entry level electricity to the bottom billion (or 700,000 now without any electricity at all). $30 billion per year between now and 2030, if I read correctly, as opposed to less than $1 billion, total, by my estimates of what is available now off the shelf. Solar IS Civil Defense
Saudi Arabia is building a 400-MW solar microgrid backed by 1.3 GWh of energy storage capacity to ensure clean energy supply for the Red Sea Project on the west coast of the Kingdom. [Source: Huawei] 'Sapere aude'
But I could very well be wrong. Solar IS Civil Defense
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