Production plant energy sources?

[bgmesh]

Will the production plant in Columbia, SC be powered by on-site renewables like solar? Roof-top? Ground-mounted adjacent to buildings? Both?

The plant will probably require a lot of energy and the area seems ideal for high solar production.

 

[JohnnyScout]

Ssomeone should compare the energy cost of air conditioning a ten acre building in SC with the very minimal heat needed in winter in PA or MI for similar facility. Heavy manufacturing should be heat neutral in the north

 

[J Alynn]

Ssomeone should compare the energy cost of air conditioning a ten acre building in SC with the very minimal heat needed in winter in PA or MI for similar facility. Heavy manufacturing should be heat neutral in the north

As a PA resident I like your thinking. Sadly I think SC had more government funding/tax incentives. On top of that there are SO many automobile support companies in SC it was kind of a no brainer. Now MI may have been a better best since they have a lot of support companies already like SC. Would be great to see Jamie’s crew do a story on this topic on the story board.

 

[RebelliousPeasant]

Ssomeone should compare the energy cost of air conditioning a ten acre building in SC with the very minimal heat needed in winter in PA or MI for similar facility. Heavy manufacturing should be heat neutral in the north

I like your thinking on this but I'm not sure the logic holds. if they use heat pumps for heating/cooling (an air conditioner is a one-directional heat pump but there are units that can go both ways called "cold climate heat pumps" that are like an AC but can work backwards) then the efficiency is basically the same either way so it wouldn't matter much if the climate outside the building is generally hotter or colder in a given location. In a hot place you'd just pump the heat outside and in a cold place you'd pump/keep the heat inside. Either way it doesn't take much energy to pump heat around. As a Canadian I can say that it's definitely more energy intensive to create heat than to move it around.

 

[JohnnyScout]

As a PA resident I like your thinking. Sadly I think SC had more government funding/tax incentives. On top of that there are SO many automobile support companies in SC it was kind of a no brainer. Now MI may have been a better best since they have a lot of support companies already like SC. Would be great to see Jamie’s crew do a story on this topic on the story board.

Sadly PA drove all vehicle companies out of town by
1. not being a right to work state
2. not throwing enough incentives at companies

We had a VW plant that was Honda plant that was a Sony TV plant, maybe not in that order. We had Mack Trucks. And Piper aircraft. We barely have Harley down in York

Oh and we had Bantam that helped develop the WWII GP [jeep] and MFG that is still around producing today of all things battery boxes for EVs. MFG produced the first Corvette bodies back in 1953 in neihboring Ashtabula, OH

 

[J Alynn]

Sadly PA drove all vehicle companies out of town by
1. not being a right to work state
2. not throwing enough incentives at companies

We had a VW plant that was Honda plant that was a Sony TV plant, maybe not in that order. We had Mack Trucks. And Piper aircraft. We barely have Harley down in York

Oh and we had Bantam that helped develop the WWII GP [jeep] and MFG that is still around producing today of all things battery boxes for EVs. MFG produced the first Corvette bodies back in 1953 in neihboring Ashtabula, OH

Don’t forget caterpillar down the road from Harley. Such a shame. We had New Holland tractor/farm equipment too then it was bought/sold/renamed nearly a dozen times and now basically operates again under the New Holland name but with international ownership. Go figure