NwOh | Jeff in ND - 5/15/2026 10:15
I don't know the answer to this but...
Aunt leased out about 6 acres to a solar farm. The site went online last year I think. It had been under construction for well over a years (seems slooooow).
Back in March or so, big wind storm came through the area and damaged some of the panels and bent the poles over. Looks like the entire site is now offline and I noticed when I went past last week that all the panels were sitting level and not tracking the sun as usual. At the time of the day I went by I would expect them facing west. None of the damage or debris appears to have been touched since I first saw this back Easter weekend.
So, basically, there is $0.00 revenue coming in on that site right now. Wonder how long it sits before a crew gets to it?
Same thing here, 1300 @ solar farm and wind storm fubar'd a bunch of panels. Just started operation fall of '25 and nobody is doing anything to fix it, that doesn't scream efficiency to me. To the point of the original post, you can't compare an acre of solar to an acre of corn and the energy being produced. Thats apples to oranges. The solar is going to the grid to power homes , corn is producing ethanol for the ICE. Comparing the 2 would be like saying an acre of soybeans can produce more meat then a an acre of corn. Chickens hogs and cattle all have different diets which require different rations of the grain produced. If we were all driving electric vehicles and farm machinery then it'd be a different story. If the O.P. was a blanket statement that an acre of solar is better off being used to help power the grid vs vehicles then he'd be on to something but, were not at that point. Still using the same acreage to feed 2 different animals. |
Acre of corn for Alcohol VS Solar panels