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Los Angeles mayor pitches solar power plan

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11/25/08 at 6:31pm
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According to the Mercury News, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed a plan yesterday to generate one-tenth of Los Angeles' electricity through solar power by 2020.  The plan would call for private plants in the Mojave Desert (in conjunction with a smaller roll played by public facilities and residential installations) to generate 1,280 megawatts of solar power.

 

There of course are some questions about the financials of all of it...the LA Department of Water and Power is supposed to produce an analysis of the plan and its impacts on rate payers.  I guess we'll see what comes of that in the next few months....

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11/26/08 at 12:11am
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Is that 1/10th of the "City" itself or the "City of Los Angeles" (as in the public buildings like city, police, fire, etc.)?  

 

Actually I just looked up some info... probably for the whole city!  Just being proportional relating it to San Onofre Nuclear Power Generating Station which is down near where I live... It's 2 reactors produce 1,172 MW and 1,178 MW each - which is apparantly about 20% of the power for Southern California - which is a big area.  So if 1,280 MW are produced by solar for LA by that deadline, it is slightly more power than a single nuclear reactor based on the San Onofre info.

 

...it may not be as consistent at delivering power 24/7 as something like a nuc plant or other, but should provide great power during peak usage hours.

 


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11/26/08 at 9:31am
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Originally Posted by SoCalSolar:

So if 1,280 MW are produced by solar for LA by that deadline, it is slightly more power than a single nuclear reactor based on the San Onofre info.

 

...it may not be as consistent at delivering power 24/7 as something like a nuc plant or other, but should provide great power during peak usage hours.


Wow, that'd be great!  1/10th of LA doesn't seem like a whole lot at first glance, but I guess it's a really big city.  I wonder what the financial analysis will end up showing.  I also wonder what the carbon footprint will be to build the private solar plants themselves.

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