Comments on: Behold Apple’s massive solar farm from the sky [photos] http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/ Tue, 21 May 2013 04:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Allan Price http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1246016 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:41:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1246016 How well does it work in the winter?

]]> By: Allan Price http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1245998 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:33:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1245998 Exactly!!

]]> By: dancingbrook http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1171247 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:34:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1171247 As of today, if you look at both Apple’s and Google’s Maps, you’ll see it was mostly forested, some houses, and a bit of farm land maybe.

Regardless, the trade offs, both direct and indirect, are worth it.

]]> By: Karanimutonga http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1089384 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:45:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1089384 awesome. Regardless of what critics think, this is the best way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

]]> By: Karanimutonga http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1089368 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:40:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1089368 Reblogged this on Greening Kenya and commented:
This is the way to go. Critics will always criticise.

]]> By: adampiotuch http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1017153 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:09:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1017153 If anything, it provides them with shelter, although I doubt you’d see any as grass isn’t what they look for.

]]> By: Winemanjjmr http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1006300 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:53:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1006300 Julie, sounds good but is not exactly correct. Considable production can be lost (over 8% per year) depending on the climate in between rains since it takes .8 inch downpours to effectively wash a module. A much larger study by Powerlight ( a predecessor of Sunlight) performed in 2005 documents this experience on some 250 locations all across different settings in CA. Mono crystalline and poly crystalline are especially vulnerable to significant loss if bird soiling occurs due to thei serial circuit design and string derating. There is a rather robust module cleaning industry already serving utility scale solar farms to economically address this need.

]]> By: Stefan Weiss http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1005978 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:24:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1005978 Most solar companies in California will actually install it for free and have the customer pay the electric bill to them. After the ROI, they make the money.

]]> By: Stefan Weiss http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1005971 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:23:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1005971 Great Comment Mark. Yes I can’t believe that anti-solar people are still grasping at straws.

]]> By: Stefan Weiss http://gigaom.com/2012/09/13/behold-apples-massive-solar-farm-from-the-sky-photos/#comment-1005967 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:22:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=562749#comment-1005967 They used American made California’s SunPower who makes higher efficiency solar panels, which are placed on trackers that follow the sun throughout the day.

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