22M acres is 34375 square miles or 89031 square kilometers. The goal is to pick the best 700,000 acres (1094 sq miles / 2833 km2) for solar development spread over 11 western states.
The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar
Submitted 9 months ago by LilNaib@slrpnk.net to energy@slrpnk.net
https://electrek.co/2024/01/18/us-govt-opens-22-million-acres-federal-lands-solar/
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 9 months ago
According to my calculations, 22M acres is about 20 000 TWh/year of solar power, or about 12% of the world’s energy consumption.
700 000 acres is about 0.4% of the world’s energy consumption.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Nice. One move that powers half a percent of the earth. Thats a huge boon.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
But it will be used locally so what % of the US energy usage is it?
YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 9 months ago
US total production is roughly 4000TWh per year. 20% is already renewables and another 18% is nuclear.