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Re:Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheap... by Brakenshire on Monday January 29, 2018 @01:17PM (#16259405)
> I repeat: if it worked the plants would be profitable and they would be going up without tax subsidies

Right, so on that basis these bids below the grid rate indicate that they now work?

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Re:Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheap... by ams6110 on Monday January 29, 2018 @02:17PM (#16259915)
Bids are speculations.

Bidders are very frequently unable to actually deliver. See pretty much any highway project ever.

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Re:Plunging costs make solar, wind and battery storage cheap... by Brakenshire on Monday January 29, 2018 @09:20PM (#16262418)
Agreed on that.
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