In order to have an informed discussion about the solar project, everyone needs to know what is in the current solar ordinance adopted by the Venango Township supervisors in February of this year. There is also a pending zoning amendment intended to rezone two sections of parcels within the solar project properties currently zoned R-1 Residential changing them to A-1 … [Read more...]
Upcoming Solar Eclipse Highlights Electric Grid Risk from Solar Energy
When primitive people experienced a solar eclipse it caused great fear because they didn't understand why it was happening, but we've come so far since then, or have we? Now, the upcoming annular solar eclipse which will pass over the western United States in October, is causing concern among the electric grid operators because so much solar has been connected to the … [Read more...]
Should We Be Planting Chinese Solar Panels and Inverters on Pennsylvania Farmland?
The Chinese have been buying vast tracts of farmland in the United States and some legislators are trying to put a stop to the practice, but when not buying the land outright, they still take control of a lot of agricultural land when developers lease it from property owners and cover it with solar panels and related solar equipment made in China. From China to our … [Read more...]
Why Do You Think Solar Projects Are Suddenly Everywhere?
Robert Bryce, who has written several very good books on the topic of energy, just published an article explaining the massive increase in solar subsides being showered on the solar energy industry. It explains why we're seeing so many projects popping up almost everywhere. Throw money at an industry and a lot of people will jump in with their hands out. ... some of … [Read more...]
Promoting Grid Scale Solar Means Not Understanding How the Grid Works
This article cannot fully describe our electric grid, it would take a sizable technical book few of you would care to read, however, some believe they can improve the grid without having even a cursory understanding of what it is our how it works. Proponents of grid scale solar tend to be in that group, not the solar developers who build these massive installations, they … [Read more...]