{"id":1001,"date":"2012-03-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/where-could-we-put-utility-solar-in-south-georgia.html"},"modified":"2012-03-19T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T13:00:00","slug":"where-could-we-put-utility-solar-in-south-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/where-could-we-put-utility-solar-in-south-georgia.html","title":{"rendered":"Where could we put utility solar in south Georgia?"},"content":{"rendered":"Where could we find\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/30-megawatt-solar-plant-opens-near-austin.html\">\n380 acres for a 30 Megawatt solar plant<\/a> in south Georgia?\nHere&#8217;s a clue from Texas.\n<p>\nCitizen Carol wrote for Texas Vox 6 January 2012,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/texasvox.org\/2012\/01\/06\/austin-energy-drought-proofs-its-energy-with-new-webberville-solar-project\/\">\nAustin Energy drought proofs its energy with new Webberville Solar Project\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/texasvox.org\/2012\/01\/06\/austin-energy-drought-proofs-its-energy-with-new-webberville-solar-project\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/texasvox.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/ae-webberville-with-austin-skyline-on-horizon.jpg?w=300&#038;h=196\"><\/a>\nA number of years ago, the City of Austin purchased this land\nplanning to install a new coal-fired power plant. When those plans\nfell through, a landfill was proposed for the site that now boasts\n280 acres of solar panels with a view of downtown Austin along its\nhorizon.\n<\/blockquote>\nHow about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/124469840901543\/\">\non the proposed coal plant site in Ben Hill County?<\/a>\n<p>\nOf course, it doesn&#8217;t have to be that big, or all in one place.\nHow about on top of a landfill?\nHow about on the cotton fields\nnext to Valdosta&#8217;s Sallas Mahone Elementary School?\nEnergy to air condition the school instead of drifting pesticides,\nand profit to the landowner!\nHow about at the airport?\nAt the mall parking lot?\nOn top of the new county palace?\nOn the warehouses in Hahira?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where could we find 380 acres for a 30 Megawatt solar plant in south Georgia? Here&#8217;s a clue from Texas. 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