In comparing solar to other forms of energy generation, one needs to look at average power rather than maximum or installed capacity. At our latitude the efficiency is only about 1/6, so the average cost per average kilowatt is about 6 times that. Will Reilly
________________________________ From: John Christensen jbc329@earthlink.net To: James Kotcon jkotcon@wvu.edu; Paul Wilson pjgrunt@gmail.com; ec@osenergy.org Cc: Vivian Stockman vivian@ohvec.org; Good Natured pam@goodnaturedllc.com Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [EC] from ScienceDaily n-newsletter: Installed price of solar photovoltaic systems in US continues to decline at rapid pace
Do I hear grid parity?
John Christensen Mountain View Solar 410-499-4873 cell http://www.mtvsolar.com/
From: James Kotcon Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 9:01 PM To: John Christensen ; Paul Wilson ; ec@osenergy.org Cc: Good Natured ; Vivian Stockman ; James Kotcon Subject: Re: from ScienceDaily n-newsletter: Installed price of solar photovoltaic systems in US continues to decline at rapid pace Here is a pretty important development. According to the article:
"Utility-scale systems installed in 2011 registered even lower prices, with most systems larger than 10,000 kW ranging from $2.80/W to $3.50/W."
By way of comparison, the 695 MW Longview plant (which also began operation in 2011) cost just over $2 billion to construct, for an installed cost of $2.88/W. This does not include the cost of fuel or operation and maintenance costs, which are considerably higher for coal than for solar.
Those radicals at Science Daily, what outlandish things will they say next!
JBK
From: Paul Wilson Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:47 AM To: Coal Alerts ; WV Chapter Energy Committee Cc: John Christensen ; Hogue, Robert Subject: from ScienceDaily n-newsletter: Installed price of solar photovoltaic systems in US continues to decline at rapid
pace
Most of you probably know this, but...
Installed price of solar photovoltaic systems in US continues to decline at rapid pace Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:02 AM PST The installed price of solar photovoltaic power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2011 and through the first half of 2012, according to new research. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson
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