Re: [CPEO-BIF] Linden Solar Farm, New Jersey

[Peter Strauss <petestrauss1@comcast.net>]

Barry:

I certainly agree with you that all costs must be considered.  I  
encourage solar and other renewables wherever it makes sense, and for  
sure the use of such systems is likely to make them more economical.

But if we are looking at just GHG offset, the cost for removing each  
automobile (over one year) is $178,000.   Plenty of people would park  
their cars for a year and walk or take public transportation in  
exchange for that money.  I'd certainly do so.

Peter
On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Trilling, Barry wrote:

> And how much would it have cost to build a coal fired steam electric  
> generating plant, including the long term costs for scrubbers, water  
> treatment, permitting, compliance, etc?  Yes, we have a long way to  
> go, in looking at the benefits/costs, let's consider all the avoided  
> costs as well as the projected benefits.
>
> Barry J. Trilling
>  W I G G I N  A N D  D A N A
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org [mailto:brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Peter Strauss
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 3:46 PM
> To: lsiegel@cpeo.org
> Cc: Brownfields Internet Forum
> Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] Linden Solar Farm, New Jersey
>
> The most interesting statistic that I got from reading this article is
> that the expenditure of 1/2 billion dollars would be equivalent to
> removing 2,800 cars from use for one year  in terms of green house gas
> (GHG) emissions.  We have a long way to go!
>
> Peter Strauss
> On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:45 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:
>
> > News Release
> > Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G)
> > December 1, 2010
> >
> >
> > PSE&G's Linden Solar Farm Turns a Brownfield Green
> >
> >
> > Once unusable land will be home to more than 11,000 solar panels;
> > all PSE&G electric customers will benefit from clean electricity
> > when solar farm is completed this year
> >
> > LINDEN, N.J. PRNewswire -- Public Service Electric and Gas Company
> > (PSE&G) is marking construction of its Linden Solar Farm on the
> > doorstep of PSEG's Linden Generating Station. The 3.2-megawatt
> > facility is one of four ground-mounted solar farms that PSE&G is
> > developing as part of its $515 million Solar 4 AllT program. It is
> > one of three solar farms being built on former brownfields that have
> > been returned to a useful role.
> >
> > The Linden farm is one of more than 20 solar projects that PSE&G is
> > developing through its Solar 4 All program, with a total investment
> > of more than $140 million that will create almost 300 jobs and
> > provide New Jersey with 30 megawatts of solar-generated power.
> >
> >
> > ...
> >
> > For the entire release, see
> > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/psegs-linden-solar-farm-turns-a-brownfield-green-111117384.html
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Lenny Siegel
> > Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
> > a project of the Pacific Studies Center
> > 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
> > Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
> > Fax: 650/961-8918
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> > http://www.cpeo.org
> >
> >
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