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In reply to the discussion: Thin-Film Solar Power To Be Sold For Less Than Coal Power!!! (Solar is Simply Cheaper, Cleaner) [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)10. K/R, but some may be misled by the numbers.
I read the one comment at the pv magazine site which questions the coal price (12.8c/kWh) and had to go checking.
http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_04.html
The EIA lumps all fossil fuel together, existing NG and coal plants, and the total cost is about 3.5 cents/kWh.
I think the operative term that explains the high cost quoted in the article is "new" (coal-fired power stations).
The build-out cost, maintenance operation and fuel cost for a new "cleaner" coal plant, all taken together, may be as high as 12.8 cents/kWh, or even higher.
In any event, I'm a big proponent of solar.
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Thin-Film Solar Power To Be Sold For Less Than Coal Power!!! (Solar is Simply Cheaper, Cleaner) [View all]
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
OP
storage tech invented in the '80s was praised by energy sec Bill Richardson in the 90's
green for victory
Feb 2013
#4
Yes, this is a good technology. They are building similar plants all across the southwest, one just
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2013
#7
Hydro, Wind, Tidal, Fuel-cells, Efficiency, Biomass, and Batteries in our cars can complete the
grahamhgreen
Feb 2013
#6
Either that or they'll decide such air could solve the population problem.
HereSince1628
Feb 2013
#14
In the above pic it looks thick enough to haul in buckets...would that be buckets of nitric acid?
HereSince1628
Feb 2013
#22
Hey! Hold on just a minute. If it is cleaner than "clean coal", why isnt it called "clean solar"??
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#28