I just looked up Llanwern. It's interesting how the whole solar press is subtly misleading. Their front page makes the statement
"The project supplies enough clean energy to power 20,606 households. The project cost is $59.192m".
To my way of thinking that statement implies that many households can be taken off an alternative power source. But, in reality, is it fair to say that those households can only be supplied whilst the panels are working...daylight hours, for instance?
So wouldn't an honourable message be stated as "half the requirements of 20,606 households" Or maybe "the daylight needs of 20,606 households"?
Don't get me wrong, I think the move to renewable is great... it's the misleading nature of the advertising that disturbs me.
Or is there something fundamental that I haven't understood about this particular type of claim?
Nick
Agree that the way they represent Solar farms is misleading - a Solar farm is a power station - it feeds the grid which then feeds anything connected to the grid. I have never understood why they make this comparison to number of households - its probably an easy marketing tool for the average person to be able to grasp. And all households are connected to the same grid as everyone else in the country is connected to.
They broadcast the same type of message for any electricity generation - Wind, Hydro and even nuclear because its what people can relate to.
