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progree

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7. The Price of Solar Is Declining to Unprecedented Lows

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 10:04 PM

Sep 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141566839

(e.g. utility-scale is $2/watt installed, and bulk purchase power agreement (PPA) prices for solar is 5 cents/Kwh, though the rule of thumb in the power industry is 3 to 4 cents/Kwh for bulk PPAs, so hasn't yet come down to the price of conventional sources by this measure)

Anyway, something you might want to comment on when you have some spare time. It is in Late Breaking News, so might not last there long since seems like an analytical piece (if so, violates LBN rules)

I haven't read the Scientific American link, so don't know whether the issue of intermitency is discussed there

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Um, how much hydrogen could the $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar thermal plant produce? [View all] NNadir Sep 2016 OP

I didn't read the whole thing, but I noticed this error: progree Sep 2016 #1

Thanks, I apparently have typos there. I will correct the numbers. NNadir Sep 2016 #2

No problem. I posted something about 1/2 as long last night that had about 4 errors like that progree Sep 2016 #4

Monju and the nuclear fuel cycle kristopher Sep 2016 #3

Piggy backing on your thoughts about hydrogen... Massacure Sep 2016 #5

You are on to something; and so are many of the world's scientists. NNadir Sep 2016 #6

The Price of Solar Is Declining to Unprecedented Lows progree Sep 2016 #7

Solar is still and always will be useless. NNadir Sep 2016 #8