I hope the Nature Conservancy and its partners can get this solar facility in the ground, and help others learn to build solar on abandoned mines faster and at lower cost. “But not only are small solutions feasible - maybe they can be developed and built more quickly.” “We’re driven to think we need to build all this at massive scale,” said Jaina Moan, director of external affairs for the Nature Conservancy’s Nevada chapter, who told me about the Caselton mine project as we hiked up Nevada’s Black Mountain. It’s a long process that’s still far from complete. The obstacles, which are significant, include the need to study and clean up mining pollution so that solar development doesn’t create new health or safety hazards. The electricity would supply Lincoln County, which has long depended on hydropower from Hoover Dam - and in recent years has been forced to pay exorbitant prices for extra energy on the spot market as water levels have fallen at Lake Mead.
It would be one of just a few such solar projects in the country. In rural eastern Nevada, the group is working with local, state and federal officials to try to build a small solar farm at the long-abandoned Caselton mine, where silver, lead and zinc were once extracted. The nonprofit Nature Conservancy is trying to prove out the concept of solar fields on former mine sites. “No one has looked at what it would actually take,” Mulvaney said. But it’s hard to say how much of that solar could actually get built, considering the obstacles. has more than 300,000 square miles of abandoned farmland and other disturbed sites where solar projects could go - more than enough to power the country. “And people are not excited about energy costs rising.”ĭustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San José State University, co-wrote a study estimating the U.S. They’re too expensive,” said Peter Weiner, a San Francisco-based lawyer who represents solar firms. They aren’t large enough to do it at scale.
“We cannot just do it on brownfields or rooftops. Building a power plant on a toxic site can also mean taking on financial liabilities. Putting solar on disturbed lands - or on top of other infrastructure - can be far more expensive than building in wide-open spaces, especially if those lands aren’t near long-distance transmission lines. Senate.īut that kind of low-impact development is frequently rife with its own costs and challenges. In May, a bipartisan bill meant to promote solar development on farmland was introduced in the U.S. There’s potential for solar development on “brownfields” such as abandoned mines and toxic Superfund sites, as well as reservoirs, landfills, highway corridors, irrigation canals and agricultural areas. Not all solar projects need to be built on pristine public lands.
“The only way is through a combination of distributed and utility-scale solar,” he said. Not if we’re serious about getting the climate crisis under control. Robert Margolis - one of the researchers who led the federal study of rooftop solar’s potential - told me small-scale, distributed solar systems won’t be enough. Some families won’t be able to afford them, even with generous financial incentives. power, several experts told me - even if solar panels are installed in every suitable spot.Īnd the reality is, solar panels almost certainly won’t be installed in every suitable spot. The Family Room in the lower level has a propane fireplace, bar, dart board and ready for fun! The circular paved driveway has enough parking for all your friends and family or recreational toys.Even if you add in parking lots and other areas within cities, it’s unlikely urban solar systems could supply more than one-quarter or perhaps one-third of U.S. The five piece bath has a nice surprise- heated floor. Carrying Place has a garage, restaurant, post office, ball diamond, trails and is in Prince Edward County! Main level of the home has a large living room, galley kitchen, dining area with patio doors leading to the deck, and two bedrooms. Ten minutes to either Trenton or Belleville. This property is close to Loyalist Parkway and only 30 minutes to Wellington and Picton. County Rd 3/ Rednersville Road is known for its beauty of views of the Bay of Quinte, Apple Orchards and beautiful homes. The yard is a great size with lots of room for outside play-many a game of horseshoes were played here. The large deck just off the dining area is the perfect place to enjoy the view of the Bay of Quinte. And now ready for you and your family to create memories. This home has been HOME to the same family for many years.
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