{"id":17631,"date":"2018-06-15T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=17631"},"modified":"2018-06-15T23:30:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T23:30:37","slug":"fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday &#8211; 1.21 Gigawatts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ever-Increasing Solar Capacity<\/h3>\n<p>It would be an understatement to say that solar power has been growing in popularity as an energy source over the last several years. In 1996, the total capacity of installed photovoltaics in the United States was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Growth_of_photovoltaics\">77 megawatts<\/a>. In 2018, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/seia.org\/us-solar-market-insight\">SEIA<\/a>, the United States reached <strong>55.9 gigawatts<\/strong>\u00a0of installed photovoltaic capacity.<\/p>\n<p>So what does one do with 55.9 gigawatts of energy?<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;1.21 Gigawatts!?!&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>In the summer of 1985, a very specific unit of energy burst onto the American consciousness and never quite left it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mjCRUvX2D0E?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088763\/\">Back to the Future<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>an iconic science fiction film from the mid-1980s, teenager Marty McFly is trapped in the 1950s and needs to harness <strong>1.21 gigawatts<\/strong> of energy in order to power his way back to the decade of Reeboks and MTV. McFly and his eccentric pal, Dr. Emmett &#8220;Doc&#8221; Brown, rack their brains to come up with a way access that much energy at once.<\/p>\n<h3>Great Scott!<\/h3>\n<p>So, while in 1955 the only way Doc Brown could harness 1.21 gigawatts of energy was\u2014[spoiler alert]\u2014a bolt of lightning, the good people at Buzzfeed have since come up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/generalelectric\/11-things-that-can-actually-make-121-gigawatts-of-power\">11 things that can actually make 1.21 Gigawatts of power<\/a>. And yes, solar panels are on the list.<\/p>\n<p>The exact number of solar panels needed to generate 1.21 gigawatts would vary depending on the wattage of the panel, but the current installed solar capacity in the U.S. of <strong>55.9 gigawatts<\/strong> would power <strong>46 time-travel jaunts<\/strong> in the\u00a0DeLorean.<\/p>\n<p>Great Scott! Where would you go?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/generalelectric\/11-things-that-can-actually-make-121-gigawatts-of-power\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17633 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.21-gigawatts.png\" alt=\"1.21 gigawatts\" width=\"740\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.21-gigawatts.png 740w, https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.21-gigawatts-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever-Increasing Solar Capacity It would be an understatement to say that solar power has been growing in popularity as an energy source over the last several years. In 1996, the total capacity of installed photovoltaics in the United States was 77 megawatts. In 2018, according to SEIA, the United States reached 55.9 gigawatts\u00a0of installed photovoltaic capacity. So what does one do with 55.9 gigawatts of energy? &#8220;1.21 Gigawatts!?!&#8221; In the summer of 1985, a very specific unit of energy burst onto the American consciousness and never quite left it. In\u00a0Back to the Future,\u00a0an iconic science fiction film from the mid-1980s, teenager Marty McFly is trapped in the 1950s and needs to harness 1.21 gigawatts of energy in order to power his way back to the decade of Reeboks and MTV. McFly and his eccentric pal, Dr. Emmett &#8220;Doc&#8221; Brown, rack their brains to come up with a way access that much energy at once. Great Scott! So, while in 1955 the only way Doc Brown could harness 1.21 gigawatts of energy was\u2014[spoiler alert]\u2014a bolt of lightning, the good people at Buzzfeed have since come up with\u00a011 things that can actually make 1.21 Gigawatts of power. And yes, solar panels are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":17633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fun Friday - 1.21 Gigawatts - itek energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What would it take to generate 1.21 gigawatts of power to travel in time like Marty McFly in Back to the Future?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fun Friday - 1.21 Gigawatts - itek energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What would it take to generate 1.21 gigawatts of power to travel in time like Marty McFly in Back to the Future?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"itek energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-15T22:06:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-15T23:30:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.21-gigawatts.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kathryn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kathryn\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/\",\"name\":\"Fun Friday - 1.21 Gigawatts - itek energy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.21-gigawatts.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-15T22:06:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-15T23:30:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5d8269438b081b2efcf40e2a25ec1b8\"},\"description\":\"What would it take to generate 1.21 gigawatts of power to travel in time like Marty McFly in Back to the Future?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.21-gigawatts.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.21-gigawatts.png\",\"width\":740,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"1.21 gigawatts\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/fun-friday-1-21-gigawatts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wordpress-154226-463039.cloudwaysapps.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fun Friday &#8211; 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