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Re:The US can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035 without in... by cinquemb on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:03AM (#23589654)
> I think it's unlikely costs can be reduced much in most parts of the US if we still want 100% dispatch capability.

I disagree, if there was a desire to transport molten salt tanks and retrofit coal plants with supercritical steam turbines and build large molten salt storage reservoirs on such sites, we could do it today for under 5 cents/kwh for 24/7 availability.

See comments [0] and [1]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23588691

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23581910

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