Texas has 2 decommissioning laws - one for solar (SB 760) and one for wind (HB 2845). Both require a 10 year period before a bond is put up by the corporations with the landowners. This then puts the onus onto the owners of the leased land to ensure the decommissioning is done. A dept of 3 ft is the most they have to remove wiring, concrete, metal etc.
I think the estimate on the Google search is under value. (no surprise)
NREL cost were $386,000 for 1 MW fixed tilt solar - Feb 2021. see Best Practices at the End of the Photovoltaic System Performance Period. This could even be low now.
My worst fear is that these facilities will be left behind by the single entity LLC's, who own them when their useful life expires. Texas has about 300,000 acres (30GW) under solar currently operating, not including the 155 GW in the ERCOT queue. If subsidies go away so will the operators! The law of unintended consequences could leave us acres of superfund sites to clean up.
Texas has 2 decommissioning laws - one for solar (SB 760) and one for wind (HB 2845). Both require a 10 year period before a bond is put up by the corporations with the landowners. This then puts the onus onto the owners of the leased land to ensure the decommissioning is done. A dept of 3 ft is the most they have to remove wiring, concrete, metal etc.
I think the estimate on the Google search is under value. (no surprise)
NREL cost were $386,000 for 1 MW fixed tilt solar - Feb 2021. see Best Practices at the End of the Photovoltaic System Performance Period. This could even be low now.
My worst fear is that these facilities will be left behind by the single entity LLC's, who own them when their useful life expires. Texas has about 300,000 acres (30GW) under solar currently operating, not including the 155 GW in the ERCOT queue. If subsidies go away so will the operators! The law of unintended consequences could leave us acres of superfund sites to clean up.