Intel's $20B Ohio factory could become world's largest chip plant

Re:Intel's $20B Ohio factory could become world's largest ch... by reportingsjr on Friday January 21, 2022 @04:33PM (#30030285)

Cincinnati (where I live) is about half a year away from completing the largest city financed solar array in the US [0,1]. Ohio gets plenty of sun, in fact it averages more sun than _anywhere_ in Germany which is known for it's solar [2,3].

In Ohio for residential, which is a good bit more expensive than commercial/utility scale solar, the payback period is about 12 years[4], well within the margin of getting your money back and then some.

0: https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor/news/cincinnati-to-const... 1: https://newmarketsolar.com/ 2: https://www.nrel.gov/gis/assets/images/solar-annual-ghi-2018... 3: https://solargis.com/file?url=download/Germany/Germany_PVOUT... 4: https://www.energysage.com/local-data/solar-panel-cost/oh/

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Re:Intel's $20B Ohio factory could become world's largest ch... by tick_tock_tick on Friday January 21, 2022 @05:27PM (#30030777)

> in Germany which is known for it's solar

Pretty sure Germany is more know for poor green energy planning, burning more coal, and instance on non optimal strategies for power generation (killing nuclear).

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Re:Intel's $20B Ohio factory could become world's largest ch... by Torifyme12 on Friday January 21, 2022 @05:52PM (#30030992)

Also for managing to be so dependent on Russian gas it torpedoes a lot of measures to contain them

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