During the twenty-year period that Germany increased the amount of energy coming from renewable sources, the Germans paid a hefty price For example, the average cost of electricity for German households has doubled since 2000.

By 2019, households had to pay 34 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour, compared to 22 cents per kilowatt-hour in France and 13 cents in the United States, according to data from IEEE Spectrum.

The Cook County Land Bank is in talks to lease land for up to 35 years on part of the massive former Acme coke operation.

A portion of a massive toxic industrial site on the Southeast Side is being considered for a future home to a solar farm.
The Cook County Land Bank Authority has taken title to land near East 114th Street and South Torrence Avenue, clearing the property’s back taxes in hopes of drawing a solar operation on about 36 acres, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Questions that residents, county board members and state representatives should address.

The document below was originally offered to one person that is trying to protect their community when the town council voted to approve a disastrous solar project that removed over thirty crop producing farms and bordered in excess of 80 homes and buildings, in favor of a solar developer that had no experience in building a solar project.

The Department of Public Health has concerns over the presence of the chemical PFAS in solar panels that will be installed near a watershed area that supplies drinking water, but the unnamed solar company has not answered the department’s questions.

During a Nov. 3 meeting of the Connecticut Water Planning Council, Lori Mathieu, chief of the CWPC Drinking Water Section of the DPH, said they were receiving “push back” on their questions related to PFAS and solar panels.

This is part of a great commentary by a retired farmer.

Large-scale solar arrays have the potential of taking thousands upon thousands of acres out of agricultural production nationwide. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced $1.5 billion in grants and incentives for large-scale solar arrays developed in New York. Taxpayers are now funding both farmland protection and solar developments that will remove thousands of acres from agricultural production.

A fire chief can see one or two solar fires per year, without the news reporting on it. Yet, they admit to having two fires in one month.

Most informed individuals within the U.S.A. have discovered just how much vital information is hidden by Newspapers and even the Internet Search Engines, especially if they are trying to protect a certain industry, movement, political candidate or party.

How Solar Farm Developers Keep Neighbors From Complaining

Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to find neighbors from complaining about having solar farms being built next to their property.

Well, in many cases, just follow the money. It turns out that solar companies are paying neighbors off, to keep them from complaining. There are even cases where Solar Companies have bought neighbors property for top dollars, in order to stop a lawsuit from shedding light on the problems and complaints.

industrial solar power plant will cover 1000 acres of prime farmland with 21 miles of eight-foot high barb wire fencing. Additionally, there will be more than 300,000 12-foot high rotating hazardous solar panels.

Here is a partial copy of the text Senator Senator Doug Mastriano published on his site.
We will be posting this on multiple websites and social media platforms so that other elected officials may learn how to support the voters instead of big corporate donors.

I spent a lifetime making enough money to buy and BUILD a home in a rural area that allows me to enjoy viewing nature and the changing seasons, instead of looking at a brick wall, concrete, steel, glass and people.

The Moss Landing Power Plant could soon be the site of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery project.

Fluctuating solar and wind power require lots of energy storage,and lithium-ion batteries seem like the obvious choice—but they are far too expensive to play a major role.