Mammoth Solar, a 1.3 gigawatt (GW) solar farm in northern Indiana, is now powering into its biggest construction phase yet, cementing its place as one of the largest solar projects in the US.
The solar farm is set to increase Indiana’s solar capacity by more than 20% once it’s fully online. And with construction ramping up this month, developer Doral Renewables has given Bechtel Full Notice to Proceed on the design, engineering, and construction of three major phases of the project: Mammoth South, Mammoth Central I, and Mammoth Central II. Together, these phases will generate 900 MW of clean energy.
That’s enough electricity to power around 200,000 homes with clean energy, helping Indiana shift away from fossil fuels while boosting the local economy.
Mihies@programming.dev 3 days ago
But only during cloudless days.
SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
That’s one of the many Myths about solar energy as home panels do work on cloudy days and a solar farm of this magnitude would have to consider that before reaching this phase .
Mihies@programming.dev 3 days ago
Emphasis is on days, while clouds degrade power yield.
gnygnygny@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Solar works also when it is cloudy. It just délivrer les energy.
specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I’ve got a 9.9kwh install on my roof in Seattle and it was mostly cloudy today and I produced 55.7kwh today, which far exceeds my daily usage.
Mihies@programming.dev 3 days ago
You’ve got a 9.9kW install and nobody said it doesn’t produce energy during clouds, it degrades the output. While your output during night is 0.