{"id":1059,"date":"2012-02-28T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/private-investment-in-utility-scale-solar-plants-1.html"},"modified":"2012-02-28T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T21:22:16","slug":"private-investment-in-utility-scale-solar-plants-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/private-investment-in-utility-scale-solar-plants-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Private investment in utility-scale solar plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QJQbd4oKlYM\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QJQbd4oKlYM\/default.jpg\"    \/><\/a> After the <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/cutting-the-solar-ribbon-in-richmond-hill-2012-02-17.html\"> ribbon cutting for the new Tabby Solar and Lower Rates for Customers installation in Richmond Hill<\/a>, I asked Dr. Sidney Smith about using <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/enabling-a-commodity-market-in-solar-power-dr-smiths-electric-meters.html\"> electric meter technology<\/a> for utility-scale solar plants, for example 1-5 megawatts, for which there is private venture capital seeking opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QJQbd4oKlYM\"> Part 1 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QJQbd4oKlYM\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe> <br \/> <small> Private investment in utility-scale solar plants Part 1 of 2: <br \/> South Eastern Pathology Associates, <br \/> Selling Power, Lower Rates for Customers LLC (LRCLLC), <br \/> Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia, 17 February 2012. <br \/> Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange. <\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/37S-5-6na1Q\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/37S-5-6na1Q\/default.jpg\"    \/><\/a> Dr. Smith said that was possible, plus he&#8217;d already been talking to some potential German investors,<\/p>\n<blockquote>If our system works as we have designed, they&#8217;d like to invest 100 million or more.<\/blockquote>\n<p>That would be quite a bit of solar energy!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/37S-5-6na1Q\"> Part 2 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/37S-5-6na1Q\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe> <br \/> <small> Private investment in utility-scale solar plants Part 2 of 2: <br \/> South Eastern Pathology Associates, <br \/> Selling Power, Lower Rates for Customers LLC (LRCLLC), <br \/> Richmond Hill, Bryan County, Georgia, 17 February 2012. <br \/> Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange. <\/small><\/p>\nYou can help by calling your state senator about\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/sb-401-revived-in-sb-459-lets-you-generate-and-sell-solar-power.html\">SB 459.<\/a>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the ribbon cutting for the new Tabby Solar and Lower Rates for Customers installation in Richmond Hill, I asked Dr. Sidney Smith about using electric meter technology for utility-scale solar plants, for example 1-5 megawatts, for which there is private venture capital seeking opportunities. 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