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“The 40,000-acre project will run entirely off-grid using natural gas.”
I wonder how much energy 40,000 acres of solar panels could produce?
Peak output around 5.6GW, and powering about 1.4 million homes.
Or 0.6 mega slop centers
Source?
I ask because people use LLM's for math a lot these days, and they are always wrong.
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-01/lbnl_ieee-land-requirements-for-utility-scale-pv.pdf
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/electricity-use-in-homes.php
Based it on their 394MWh/acre estimate and ~10.5MWh consumption for an average home.