November 29, 2015 11:57AM
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Harry Nicholls Wrote:
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> In my travels across I-10 and I-8 this past week,
> I was suprised at the amount of solar panels in
> Arizona and California. Cheap natural gas is not
> the only competitor to coal. It is evident that
> the utilities in the west are heavy in solar as
> well as wind power.
Here in California there is a decided governmental and environmental push toward solar and wind sources of electric power. The State is pushing for a higher percentage of wind or solar power and a number of municipal utilities are selling their interest in out-of-state coal fired plants.
But, there are environmental push-backs against solar panels and wind farms.
However, the power companies still have to have conventional steam plants for the times of day that solar and wind are not viable sources.
The current drought has an adverse affect on the hydro-electric projects in the state.
Brian Norden
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