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VMA131Marine

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3. 40,000 acres is 162 million square meters

Reply to Brenda (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 07:36 PM

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If you covered it in solar panels you could get 100 MW peak power easily.

Obviously that’s not much compared to the 5GW that appears to be needed but you’ve got to start somewhere.

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