January 25, 2021
What a solar "farm" can look like after a rain:
Solar Panel Flooding
Solar Panel Flooding
Original Post Made By: Facebook User Ruthann Wike, in the Facebook Group: Stop Solar Farms
January 25, 2021
What a solar "farm" can look like after a rain:
January 25, 2021
What a solar "farm" can look like after a rain:
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Samantha Main
Hi Ruth! That is just awful! How far after construction is this, and do you know what type of soil it is please?
Hi Ruth! That is just awful! How far after construction is this, and do you know what type of soil it is please?
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Aidan Nicholson
This is also what a farm can look like after rain... I'm referring to a field of grass
This is also what a farm can look like after rain... I'm referring to a field of grass
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Maddie Mazur
Aidan Nicholson
or the mud pits cows, pigs, and horses leave behind.
Aidan Nicholson
or the mud pits cows, pigs, and horses leave behind.
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Aidan Nicholson
Maddie Mazur
pretty much, shit happens
Maddie Mazur
pretty much, shit happens
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Sam Johnson
People don’t realize that when a solar farm goes in, there is no where for the water to go. Every anchor that goes into the ground 6-8 feet will destroy field tile that helps drainage. Without field tile, you will have erosion. Water would normally hit the ground and soak into the soil. With solar panels, rain would hit the panels and run off the panels in a area that will erode. Imagine a big building with no rain gutter. You would have a trench with ponding and or erosion.
People don’t realize that when a solar farm goes in, there is no where for the water to go. Every anchor that goes into the ground 6-8 feet will destroy field tile that helps drainage. Without field tile, you will have erosion. Water would normally hit the ground and soak into the soil. With solar panels, rain would hit the panels and run off the panels in a area that will erode. Imagine a big building with no rain gutter. You would have a trench with ponding and or erosion.
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Aidan Nicholson
Sam Johnson
we don't file the fields, that doesn't happen
Sam Johnson
we don't file the fields, that doesn't happen
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Sam Johnson
For those who are not educated, field tile is drainage, not flooring tile
For those who are not educated, field tile is drainage, not flooring tile
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Aidan Nicholson
Sam Johnson
mam, field tiling is what I'm talking about and figured you were as well
Sam Johnson
mam, field tiling is what I'm talking about and figured you were as well
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Aidan Nicholson
Black corrugated piping used to divert excess water out of low spots
Black corrugated piping used to divert excess water out of low spots
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Samantha Main
Sam Johnson
there is a study often referred to by solar developers called Hydrologic Response of Solar Farms, 2013. However they often fail to quote this part of it "...the kinetic energy of the water draining from the solar panel could be as much as 10 times greater than that of rainfall. Thus, because the energy of the water draining from the panels is much higher, it is very possible that soil below the base of the solar panel could erode owing to the concentrated flow of water off the panel."
Sam Johnson
there is a study often referred to by solar developers called Hydrologic Response of Solar Farms, 2013. However they often fail to quote this part of it "...the kinetic energy of the water draining from the solar panel could be as much as 10 times greater than that of rainfall. Thus, because the energy of the water draining from the panels is much higher, it is very possible that soil below the base of the solar panel could erode owing to the concentrated flow of water off the panel."
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Barbara Steele
Channelized run off from panels doesn't enter ground water if by a stream.
Channelized run off from panels doesn't enter ground water if by a stream.
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Robert Fleming
Big concern should be the topsoil loss along with it!
Big concern should be the topsoil loss along with it!
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Thomas Honaker
Stop solar in residential areas they’re extremely dangerous and full of dangerous chemicals that caused cancer and poison the soil and water
Stop solar in residential areas they’re extremely dangerous and full of dangerous chemicals that caused cancer and poison the soil and water
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Samantha Main
Ruth, is this your own photo? And if so may I borrow it for our groups argument against a two solar farms here please?
Ruth, is this your own photo? And if so may I borrow it for our groups argument against a two solar farms here please?
Re: Solar Panel Flooding
Ruthann Wike
Admin
it wasn't my photo. It was from a Canadian article.
Admin
it wasn't my photo. It was from a Canadian article.