How many acres of property is this going to take up?  Are those acres taxed?  Hope it's not like how Amazon "saved" all that money annually on their solar panels!

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FAA’s Largest Solar Project to Power Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Air traffic controllers, tech-ops professionals, aviation safety inspectors and others trained at Center.   Washington, DC – The FAA’s largest solar project to date is coming to the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (the Center) in Oklahoma City. The clean electricity generated from the solar panels on FAA property will help serve the Center’s power needs.     “This project captures the area’s abundant sunshine, will save valuable taxpayer dollars and will help build a more sustainable aviation system," said Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen.   The panels are expected to produce 2,600 megawatt hours annually, the equivalent needed to power 260 average homes. The project will reduce the Center’s electric bill by an estimated $170,000 - $200,000 annually. Air traffic controllers, technical operations professionals and aviation inspectors are trained at the Center.   There are many energy-related advancements currently underway at the Center. Sixteen of the FAA’s 24 certified sustainable buildings are located on the Center’s campus. The Center has participated in two pilot programs for electric vehicle charging stations, and local university students are currently studying ways to better track the Center’s energy use and reporting.   This project helps the FAA meet President Biden’s goal for federal buildings to be clean and sustainable. Other solar projects include a 1,600 panel solar farm adjacent to the Tucson, Ariz., air traffic control tower. The panels generate enough power to support all of that facility’s electrical needs for several hours a day and help cool the building at night.

you could cover half the state with solar panels and nobody would even notice. I don't think the government needs to pay itself taxes lol 

Employees pay income tax.

thing I've heard all day bro and the competition was fierce. 

Sis.

lol you're such an idiot. so what are you anyway since you said you offended by being identified as male. 

I moved a hundred bucks from my checking account to my savings account and now have a hundred extra bucks!

The total value of federal real estate and improvements has been estimated at as much as $56 billion. Yet the government holdings are almost entirely exempt from payment of local or state property taxes.

The property is owned by the City of Oklahoma as part of the airport property.  While "exempt" from property taxes, the property is part of the Airport Master Plan and included as a revenue generator for non-direct airport revenues.  The Federal Government pays money to lease the property from the City (county).  The property that will be used to set up the large solar panel array is property that will be leased, and will be in addition to the current lease they pay now.   IOWs, while the FAA "saves" money on electricity, it will also cost them for the additional property lease.   No efficiency is the result, in terms of money "saved" when you factor in ALL costs!

Sustainable. They are neither. The solar panels look pretty and clean when delivered. But they are ultra toxic dusing manufacturing and disposal. Efficient? That's a big no as well. Peak efficiency new is less than 30% in the brightest sunlight, when the panels are brand new. Then they degrade to last maybe 10-15 years before requiring replacement. It's a tossup if they will get any ROI.

https://physicsworld.com/a/solar-panels-can-heat-the-local-urban-environment-systematic-review-reveals/#:~:text=Solar%20panels%20can%20heat%20the%20local%20urban%20environment%2C%20systematic%20review%20reveals,-30%20Jan%202022&text=A%20systematic%20review%20of%20116,warm%20cities%20during%20the%20day.

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep35070

https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/solar-panels-generate-mountains-of-waste--and-heat-the-planet

and then how much are they worth?

This green energy is nothing but a sham!! Look at what it takes to make a lithium battery, life limit, then disposing of it, not to mention charging it!!!