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By Renewable News Staff
In a move that has left energy enthusiasts and skeptics alike in disbelief, Lone Star Solar Co. has unveiled its top-secret, game-changing solar tech: the world’s largest single solar panel!
Measuring a mind-blowing 400 feet long and 150 feet wide, this behemoth of green innovation will cover more ground than six football fields stacked side-by-side. Based in Houston, the company claims the panel’s power output will be “enough to charge every electric vehicle in Texas simultaneously while still having enough left over to power all the hot dog rollers in the Longhorns’ football stadium.” Once the four-month manufacturing and testing phase of the project was complete, the gargantuan photovoltaic module was airlifted into position 232 miles away by four Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-cargo helicopters, where it’s been breaking world energy-production records ever since.
Lone Star Solar Co. CEO Joshua “Sunnyside” Cohen declared at the groundbreaking ceremony:
“We’re not just harnessing the sun; we’re making it jealous.”
The panel, expected to generate a staggering 7,000 gigawatts per hour (more than five times Luxembourg’s annual energy consumption), has also been dubbed “a second moon” by astronomers concerned about its reflective glare.
Houstonians are thrilled to add one more creation to the list that confirms that everything is bigger in Texas!!!
Renewable News will follow any developments about the behemoth solar panel; stay tuned.
We hope you had as much fun reading that clickbait article as we did writing it, but for transparency, there’s no Renewable News, Lone Star Solar Co., and quite regrettably, no Joshua “Sunnyside” Cohen—as far we know. And, of course, the solar array featured in the salacious photo is not of one giant solar panel. There’s a fun story behind that photo, which inspired us to write this article in the first place!
The bird’s-eye perspective of the “giant solar panel” in the photo is from video footage our team collected of a commercial solar project we’d recently completed for Formosa Plastics, a plastics manufacturing plant in La Ward, TX. The team couldn’t help but notice how, from hundreds of feet up in the air, the commercial solar array looked like one giant solar panel—not hundreds of smaller commercial solar panels. Pretty neat, right?
While the installation cannot produce enough electrical output to charge every Tesla vehicle on Earth simultaneously, it is a substantial 797.040 kW system, which, if meant for residential purposes, could power around 100 homes yearly.
Sunshine Renewable Solutions is a company built from the ground up by passionate solar enthusiasts who, roof by roof, learned the ins and outs of Texas solar technology and its potential. We’re proud to be one of the best solar companies in Texas today. But, as the company has grown, we’ve not lost our sense of fun and humor along the way!
Contact us today to discuss your residential solar or commercial solar needs.
Formosa Plastics is a major producer of polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyvinyl chloride resins, which are widely used in various industries worldwide. Recognizing its role in environmental stewardship, Formosa Plastics sought to collaborate with a reputable sustainability consultant who can provide solutions to reduce its impact on the environment.
Sunshine Renewable Solutions is a leading sustainability consulting firm that specializes in renewable energy and environmental sustainability. The company has a team of experts who help clients identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and implement sustainable practices through solar power.
