Europe's largest SolarPV farm

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dan_b
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Europe's largest SolarPV farm

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Built on the remains of an open-cast lignite mine in Germany. It's a biggun!

https://electrek.co/2024/04/12/germany- ... olar-farm/
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Nice repurposing of land
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That's what I thought too - that's land that would take decades to ever come back into use for anything else otherwise.
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Have they had anyone flying in their friends private helicopter taking pictures and complaining about it being a blot on the landscape yet?
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When I drive North through Germany I see very many solar farms, small and large. It appears they are accepted as normal, not much choice really when they shut all of the nuclear down.
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Fintray wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:53 pm Have they had anyone flying in their friends private helicopter taking pictures and complaining about it being a blot on the landscape yet?
:hysteria: That still pee's me off, 11yrs later.

Does Germany have the equivalent of the Daily Fail?
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Mart wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:33 pm
Fintray wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:53 pm Have they had anyone flying in their friends private helicopter taking pictures and complaining about it being a blot on the landscape yet?
:hysteria: That still pee's me off, 11yrs later.

Does Germany have the equivalent of the Daily Fail?
I guess the closest is probably www.Bild.de
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