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Joe Cool

(753 posts) Wed Feb 22, 2023, 09:04 AM Feb 2023

DEP Examining Using Abandoned Mine Lands For Solar Power

https://butlerradio.com/dep-examining-using-abandoned-mine-lands-for-solar-power/

Some state officials are proposing a new idea to make use of abandoned mine lands.

The Department of Environmental Protection is conducting a study to look at the feasibility of using some of those abandoned lands as a place for solar energy projects.

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DEP Examining Using Abandoned Mine Lands For Solar Power (Original Post) Joe Cool Feb 2023 OP

Good idea! Karadeniz Feb 2023 #1

An idea was floated in Arizona ChazInAz Feb 2023 #2

Karadeniz

(22,607 posts)

1. Good idea!

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Wed Feb 22, 2023, 09:52 AM

Feb 2023

ChazInAz

(2,580 posts)

2. An idea was floated in Arizona

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Wed Feb 22, 2023, 01:07 PM

Feb 2023

To install solar panels over the length of the open CAP canal carrying water from the Colorado River to Southern Arizona. This had been done in India to prevent evaporation and supply power at the same time.
Naturally, the republican state government didn't even consider it.

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