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Canada to Build 40MW Solar Power Plant
IceDiver writes "According to an article in the Toronto Star, an Ontario company has been given approval to build a 40MW solar power plant near Sarnia in Southwestern Ontario. This is enough power for about 10,000 homes. The plant will cover 365 hectares (1.4 sq. miles) and is to be operational by 2010. OptiSolar, the company building the plant, claims to have developed a way to mass produce the solar panels at a dramatically reduced cost, making the plant competitive with other forms of power generation. 'Compared to coal, nuclear power, even wind, solar's squeaky-clean image comes at a high price. OptiSolar is selling the electricity to the province under its new standard offer program, which pays a premium for electricity that comes from small-scale renewable projects. In the case of wind, it's 11 cents per kilowatt-hour. Solar fetches 42 cents per kilowatt hour, nearly four times as much.'"
I for one welcome our new solar death ray Canadian overlords.
To do something right, you often have to roll up your sleeves and get busy.
Yes, Canada is just one big wasteland. Its people live in igloos and spend their time putting mayonnaise on the walruses they rely on for survival. The igloos are a perfect defense against flying hockey pucks which periodically soar across the Canadian landscape. Also, we can't trust their prescription drugs to be of the same quality as American drugs.
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