New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutting Coal

Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by mavhc on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:37AM (#11628192)

Also need wind to provide base load of course. It's always windy somewhere.

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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by harterrt on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @10:42AM (#11628661)

Transporting electricity is not trivial.

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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by epistasis on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @11:12AM (#11628892)

Actually, it kind of is, the technology (high voltage DC) is well understood and being deployed at high rates in China. It's also affordable. Assuming no new breakthroughs in wind or solar technology, and ignoring storage, we can use HVDC with lots of wind and solar to eliminate 75% of our electricity emissions, and even slightly lower the cost of electricity. And that's even without shifting any use right now:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/making-a-single-us-el...

http://rameznaam.com/2016/01/31/how-far-can-renewables-go-pr...

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