New Record Set in Renewable Energy—And It Happened Where?

craigshieldsPosted on December 10, 2014 Posted in Photovoltaics

Amidst all the world’s woes, renewable energy continues to make progress—even in the good ol’ USA.  In fact, this report covers a record-breaking event out here in California:  the coming online of the world’s largest solar PV plant, consisting of nine million solar panels.

 

 

 

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One comment on “New Record Set in Renewable Energy—And It Happened Where?”

1. Glenn Doty says:

   December 10, 2014 at 12:12 pm

   Craig,

   First: Cool.

   Second, I could only find incomplete information on it… but it seems they’re getting a respectable 22.7% cf – at least initially. That’s not bad.

   Third. I’ve seen plenty of references to “2.5 billion dollars”. I don’t know whether that is the entire price or if that price includes all subsidies. Do you know any more info as pertains to cost? The total LCOE would depend on the discount rate applied to the financing, the length of the loan, the projected longevity of the inverters, the maintenance on the wiring, the cost and frequency of the panel washing, and of course the gradual panel degradation.

   I suspect that the all-in LCOE will be close to ~$130-$140/MWh. If so, that’s pretty good.

   This is looking more and more promising by the year.
   😉