Re:Residual Value: Electric Batteries vs. Internal Combustio...
by Gibbon1 on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:05PM
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You're making a wrong assumption about what is being bought. (you aren't alone, everyone else in the thread is as well)
What's being purchased is 'standby reserve power per day 'not 'energy per day'
Digging it appears the promise being sold is. Will reserve of 2 hours of peeking power for $100 per megawatt _per day_.
That's where the divide by 2 comes from. because what you are selling is the ability to provide 2 hours of peeking power _if needed_. Not 24 hours worth.
What's being purchased is 'standby reserve power per day 'not 'energy per day'
Digging it appears the promise being sold is. Will reserve of 2 hours of peeking power for $100 per megawatt _per day_.
That's where the divide by 2 comes from. because what you are selling is the ability to provide 2 hours of peeking power _if needed_. Not 24 hours worth.