> Renewable developer Clearway Energy Group has completed a 452-megawatt (MW) solar farm in West Texas – and it’s huge.
> The $660 million Texas Solar Nova solar farm, completed in two phases, is in Kent County, Texas. It’s built on around 5,000 acres of land and features over 1.1 million solar panels. It will generate an estimated $5.4 million in property taxes and wages to be paid in the first year.
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] thread> The $660 million Texas Solar Nova solar farm, completed in two phases, is in Kent County, Texas. It’s built on around 5,000 acres of land and features over 1.1 million solar panels. It will generate an estimated $5.4 million in property taxes and wages to be paid in the first year.
https://www.gem.wiki/Texas_Solar_Nova
452 MW nameplate * optimistic 0.3 capacity factor = 135.6 MW
8760 hours annually * 135.6 MW = 1187856 MWh
1187856 MWh / 14.112 MWh per Texas home = 84173 homes powered
190000 / 84173 = 2.257 lying factor