{"id":796,"date":"2012-06-02T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/plant-vogtle-is-why-georgia-is-not-a-leader-in-solar-power-today-1.html"},"modified":"2012-06-02T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T11:48:00","slug":"plant-vogtle-is-why-georgia-is-not-a-leader-in-solar-power-today-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/plant-vogtle-is-why-georgia-is-not-a-leader-in-solar-power-today-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Plant Vogtle is why Georgia is not a leader in solar power today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nCould Georgia approach that<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/06\/germany-solar-equal-to-20-nuclear-plants.html\"><br \/>\nGerman 20 gigawatt solar power figure?<\/a><br \/>\nWe&#8217;d already be there if we weren&#8217;t building Plant Vogtle.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRemember,<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/05\/how-much-wind-and-solar-capacity-would-a-billion-dollars-buy.html\"><br \/>\nJohn Hanger figures:<\/a><br \/>\n<\/P><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southerncompany.com\/nuclearenergy\/presskit\/home.aspx\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.southerncompany.com\/nuclearenergy\/presskit\/gallery\/images\/tb\/RW5_3351_tb.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe Vogtle $913 million cost overrun by itself could have paid for<br \/>\napproximately 1,000 megawatts of natural gas generation; 450 megawatts<br \/>\nof wind power; and 330 megawatts of solar power.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s not 20 gigawatts.<br \/>\nBut the population of Germany is about 81 million,<br \/>\nwhile the population of Georgia is about 9.8 million people,<br \/>\nso the Georgia equivalent of 20 gigawatts would be about 2.4 gigawatts.<br \/>\nThe federal government has guaranteed about $8.3 billion in loans<br \/>\nrelated to Plant Vogtle.<br \/>\nThat $8.3 billion would pay for about 3 gigawatts of solar power.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n2\/images\/stories\/large\/2009\/01\/14\/SolarPanels.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"175\" height=\"175\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n2\/images\/stories\/large\/2009\/01\/14\/SolarPanels_medium.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThat<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.southerncompany.com\/nuclearenergy\/presskit\/home.aspx\"><br \/>\nbig dish at Plant Vogtle?<\/a><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s not just a nuclear containment vessel,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s a solar prevention wall.<br \/>\nPreventing jobs, energy independence, and profit through solar power in Georgia.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPlant Vogtle is why Georgia is not a leader in solar power today.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Georgia approach that German 20 gigawatt solar power figure? We&#8217;d already be there if we weren&#8217;t building Plant Vogtle. Remember, John Hanger figures: The Vogtle $913 million cost overrun by itself could have paid for approximately 1,000 megawatts of natural gas generation; 450 megawatts of wind power; and 330 megawatts of solar power. 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