Scituate, Massachusetts is 100 Percent Powered by Renewable Energy

First, the “big lie” was PV provides enough energy to power 100, 1000,10,000 homes, etc.  Now, the big lie is PV provides 100% of the power and just the skip the number of households.  Did someone forget to send the memo about 24 hours sunlight?  In my home state of Delaware, according to the solar energy lobbying group Vote Solar Initiative, the capacity factor for PV is only 14%. I doubt the New England states are any better than this. This means natural gas (usually) tends the intermittancy of PV and/or wind. Colorado (foolishly) actully ramps coal fired plants up and down to accomplish the same objective.  Of course, they are not designed to run this way, so generator life expectancy is reduced and emissions are increased, when compared to using coal for base load.

Peter, 

Here is a quote from your link:-

“Albert Bangert, Scituate’s director of public works, said the solar farm will produce enough electricity to power half of the town’s………. municipal buildings,………….. saving the town about $200,000 in energy costs annually. The town’s 1.5-megawatt wind turbine, also off the Driftway, will power the other half, officials said.”

Please note the Bolded Text above.

Since my last reply was apparently deleted, I’ll try again.

Posts ups like the one from  Antonio Pasolini Betray EXCESSIVE ENTHUSIASM that is reminescent of political or religious zealots, and not of rational men of Science.

He is a Lazy reporter who made no attempt to investigate what he has reported. He seems to think that anything relating to and promoting renewables is automatically fine at Face Value.

I compliment  peter gallagher  above for at least researching the matter for us. People who post threads should try to reveal the facts as best as they can, and should be prepared for negative comments should they betray laziness, and irrational factless enthusiasm.