Planning Pool

Sun Edison, North America’s largest solar energy provider, has finally located a suitable property to build a 21 Megawatt solar photovoltaic farm, according to Davidson County Economic Development Commission.

Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest energy provider, plans to buy all of the output from the $173 million operation. Maryland-based Sun Edison estimates that this Davidson solar farm will be one of the biggest in the United States, larger than the 14 MW Nellis Solar Power Plant. The 21 MW facility is also significant for Sun Edison, who currently has about 67 MW installed in the US. However, on the global scale, the 21 MW facility is overshadowed by a number of Spanish farms.

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A few days ago, Discovery.com Tech released an interesting video about “smart grids.” Smart grids are electricity networks that can better match electrical demand with electricity supply.

The price of electricity changes in each hour, day, month, and year, because there may be a shortage of electricity supplied (high price) or not enough demand for electricity (low price). For example, electricity is usually expensive in the evening when people are cooking, doing laundry, watching TV, and turning lights on. Electricity is also expensive during work hours, as offices and manufacturing facilities require energy. Electricity can be expensive in the summer, because people turn on air conditioning. The same is true for heating in the winter. As you can … Continue Reading