While the Southeast is not known as a big producer of alternative energy such as wind energy (other than along the coast and the mountains, the winds are not strong here), we do have one thing that is very valuable from an energy perspective–sunshine! Even though our humidity and cloud cover are often high, we have plenty of solar radiation that people are starting to take advantage of in producing electricity. I was surprised to read this article in Inside Climate News, which discussed how Georgia is now a top ten producer of solar radiation. You can read it at https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14062018/georgia-solar-power-renewable-utility-scale-clean-energy-investments-2018-election. Farmers are starting to use their own solar panels to provide electricity for pumps in remote locations, and we use solar power to run our network of weather stations across the state. The photo below is a solar farm on land owned by former President Jimmy Carter.
