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If the airport goes through with the $15 million plan, then Yeager would become the only airport in the US to run completely off of solar power. I think the idea is a win, and they should go for it. "The panels would be built on the roof of the parking garage closest to the terminal and in the airfield between the terminal and the aviation administration building."
I'm still blown away. We're talking 4 MW after full build-out. That would effectively double the existing capacity in the whole state, I believe.
Hmmm...a bit off of the mark.
John Amos power plant has three power centers, #1 and #2 each produce 816.3 MW and #3 produces 1,300 MW. John Amos has a whole produces 2,932.6 MW.
John Amos is only one of many power plants in West Virginia, some of which are hydro-electric in source. Data varies depending on the political bend or time frame of the source, but in general West Virginia produces about 68,000 MW and uses about 21,000 per year. It is the most valuable commodity West Virginia produces but we do not see a single penny of it because the pay off is in the coal or natural gas and not how it is used in the power plants.
Little known to many people, West Virginia produces 180,000 BBL of oil each month and has proven reserves of 23 million BBL. None of that is refined in West Virginia.
In comparison terms, the 4 MW power goal for Yeager would power about 400 average houses. More than enough to run the airport, but like most power production, running at 50% capacity drastically increases equipment life. The cost will be in the batteries, they can't be filled past 90% and you can't drain them lower than 50% or you shorten their life massively. Tesla has been working on that. They could go to a system where they simply generate, AEPCO would be forced to buy it and the airport would then buy their demand from AEPCO. The two systems would not be connected and the savings would be on the accounting desk.
John Amos power plant has three power centers, #1 and #2 each produce 816.3 MW and #3 produces 1,300 MW. John Amos has a whole produces 2,932.6 MW.
John Amos is only one of many power plants in West Virginia, some of which are hydro-electric in source. Data varies depending on the political bend or time frame of the source, but in general West Virginia produces about 68,000 MW and uses about 21,000 per year. It is the most valuable commodity West Virginia produces but we do not see a single penny of it because the pay off is in the coal or natural gas and not how it is used in the power plants.
Little known to many people, West Virginia produces 180,000 BBL of oil each month and has proven reserves of 23 million BBL. None of that is refined in West Virginia.
In comparison terms, the 4 MW power goal for Yeager would power about 400 average houses. More than enough to run the airport, but like most power production, running at 50% capacity drastically increases equipment life. The cost will be in the batteries, they can't be filled past 90% and you can't drain them lower than 50% or you shorten their life massively. Tesla has been working on that. They could go to a system where they simply generate, AEPCO would be forced to buy it and the airport would then buy their demand from AEPCO. The two systems would not be connected and the savings would be on the accounting desk.
I think elewis meant it would double the solar capacity of the state.
I think elewis meant it would double the solar capacity of the state.
That is more likely, but still I am not sure if 4 MW would double current output. I know of 5 different farms in Nicholas county that are all solar powered and they each pump out more then enough juice to run their locations; selling the balance to the grid. One is a good friend of mine and he says he produces 30 KW at this time and is looking to double it in the next two years. He only uses a fraction of that. There are a lot of residences around that state into solar power and not too few urban and suburban homes. I am not sure where to find such data and I doubt any single source except AEPCO would even know - since they have to vary the balance.
Yeah, I meant solar capacity (we very obviously have a much larger total power generation capacity).
From what I can find, the largest single installation is 407 kW at American Public University in Charles Town. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) (LINK), the total solar capacity in the state is 6.51 MW. I don't know if that's PV systems only, or others such as solar heating and concentrated solar (which I don't think we have any in WV).
I was a little off with the doubling remark (it was 4.4 MW at the end of 2016 according to NREL), but it would still represent a large increase.
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