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Hail pelted Odessa, Texas, as a thunderstorm moved through the area on Monday, May 31, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).The NWS said flooding and hail at least the size of a quarter ...
Strong storms started rolling across the South on Tuesday night with torrential rain, hail and fierce winds that continued to rage Wednesday killing at least one person, destroying homes, and ...
A hail storm creates a winterlike landscape, dropping the temperature from the 90s into the 50s on May 29, 2024, in Marathon, Texas. (Harry Weinman)
The current developer is Recurrent Energy, LLC, a division of Canadian Solar. CIT Group arranged for financing of $162 million of the $234 million project, which finally broke ground in July 2020. Austin Energy will buy electricity generated by the project under the terms of a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA).
Solar farms are more cost effective in West Texas, where insolation levels are greater. [29] The US uses about 100 quadrillion British thermal units (29,000 TWh ) of energy each year. [ 30 ] This number is expected to be reduced by 50% by 2050, due to efficiency increases. [ 31 ]
This storm was directly responsible for nearly 10 million people losing power, with 5.2 million in the U.S. and 4.7 million in Mexico. [38] [9] A third winter storm caused an additional 4 million power outages, and 29 deaths, with 23 in the U.S. and 6 in Mexico. At least 246 people lost their lives during the winter storms. [3] [39] [40]
The heaviest hail stone on record in the United States had a reported diameter of 11 inches (27.94 centimeters) and weighed nearly 2 pounds (907 grams). It was discovered near Vivian, South Dakota ...
The Hatch Solar Energy Center is a 5.88 MW p (5.0 MW AC) photovoltaic power station. It was built by Blattner Energy using 84 dual-axis trackers and Amonix 7700 concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) panels, each of which contains 7,560 Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight 500 times onto multijunction photovoltaic cells .