NJ is #2 for solar power
- Thread starter Boyd
- Start date
Vineland solar panel project begins
The 3-megawatt solar facility will be built over 38 acres and, once complete, will sell the electricity it produces to Vineland Municipal Electric Utility for its customers, according to a news release.
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/arti...-begins?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
The 3-megawatt solar facility will be built over 38 acres and, once complete, will sell the electricity it produces to Vineland Municipal Electric Utility for its customers, according to a news release.
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/arti...-begins?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p
I was out driving around Cumberland County today and went past Seabrook farms. They have installed a huge solar array in a field there - I should have paid closer attention, but I think it was on Rt 553. It is huge - very impressive and quite a surprise to come across this out in a field. I found this article: http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2010/05/seabrook_farms_to_install_more.html
Then this news release says it will be 45 acres when completed: http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21033
Not sure how big it really is, but it looked like the largest installation I've seen in the area. Driving around Cumberland and Salem Counties, I'm surprised at the amount of solar panels - seems like almost everyone has them, including single family homes and small farms.
Then this news release says it will be 45 acres when completed: http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21033
Not sure how big it really is, but it looked like the largest installation I've seen in the area. Driving around Cumberland and Salem Counties, I'm surprised at the amount of solar panels - seems like almost everyone has them, including single family homes and small farms.
I was just searching on Google and many of the "Extra Space Storage" facilities in NJ will have solar panels on them now.
http://1stlightenergy.com/pr/pr_extra_space.html
There is a business and a home right near me with them on the roof. They really are everywhere now. It is a good thing.
Guy
http://1stlightenergy.com/pr/pr_extra_space.html
There is a business and a home right near me with them on the roof. They really are everywhere now. It is a good thing.
Guy
You Aren't South Jersey, If You Haven't Had Mister Softee
You aren’t Philly if you haven’t had water ice, a cheesesteak, tastykake, soft pretzel, or
Mister I will never get the song out of my head Softee.
Mister Softee is like cheesesteaks. You aren’t Philly unless you’ve had a few.
Don’t you remember growing up……?
The song will NEVER leave your brain. It runs on and on and on and on. I am sure it has made someone go literally certifiable crazy over the years. Mister Softee has been an institution since the 1950s. Two brothers started the business here in South Jersey. And the company continues handing out ice cream treats today to young and old generations alike.
Don’t you remember running after the truck from blocks away and almost seeing a kid getting hit by the truck?
Ahhhhhh, the good old days. Great memories. A Philly Area institution that never gets the credit it deserves.
You aren’t Philly if you haven’t had water ice, a cheesesteak, tastykake, soft pretzel, or
Mister I will never get the song out of my head Softee.
Mister Softee is like cheesesteaks. You aren’t Philly unless you’ve had a few.
Don’t you remember growing up……?
The song will NEVER leave your brain. It runs on and on and on and on. I am sure it has made someone go literally certifiable crazy over the years. Mister Softee has been an institution since the 1950s. Two brothers started the business here in South Jersey. And the company continues handing out ice cream treats today to young and old generations alike.
Don’t you remember running after the truck from blocks away and almost seeing a kid getting hit by the truck?
Ahhhhhh, the good old days. Great memories. A Philly Area institution that never gets the credit it deserves.
Boyd as stated by Teegate in this thread, Even Mister Softee is going solar. Mister Softee is the schnizit.
That's awesome. See...Mr. Softee is the schiznit. However, I have a friend that has gone "solar" here in my town. He is still fighting with the power companies. To give the extra energy back in the grid and of course being compensated for it, now, they are getting free energy from him.
There's also a lot going on with the certified contractors. Some folks are having trouble and mechanical errors with the equipment and not installed properly. All in all I think it's great. I think Windmills are a great way to go as well. In my past, I worked with a windmill company out of Long Island working on the Cape Wind project.
1 windmill is enough energy to produce for 1,000 households for an entire year. The only thing they say that will interfere with some of the birds and migration patterns. However, seeing a wind farm on route 30 in the hills of PA in my travels recently was pretty neato. This mid-Atlantic east coast area produces the best and mostly ideal conditons for harvesting wind and should be looked into more. Solar is great, but it takes up a lot of space and can't put out the energy equivalent at times to support a whole structure. Sometimes it can depending on the conditions. However, the elements rain, snow, winter also play an ideal role in the capacity that it can run.
Ok, cool. But responding to a post on the first page of a three year old thread... getting a little bored around the house perhaps? You need to get back out to the pines.
Hahaha. I could say the same for you!! Actually no I'm not bored. I wrote an article about Mister Softee and looked it up here afterwards. No biggie.