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Old 04-20-2023, 04:18 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
So what you're saying is....

Solar requires more copper than the generators at the Grand Coulee Dam?

www.utilityproducts.com: The Columbia River Basin generates 40 percent of all U.S. hydropower



The surprise for me is that there is another 60% available elswhere. And also, there is untapped potential in distributed micro-hydro.
Yeah grand coulee dam I think has a capacity of around 8gw and it can run non stop as long as it don't run out of water.
I also bet that's counting ground mount solar only. As roof top installs use very little steel and virtually no concrete and hardly any copper.
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