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Re:Adding clean energy to the US power grid just got a lot e... by applied_heat on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:10PM (#36916109)
My benchmark for utility scale solar is the installation in Australia that was 100MW and 129MWH and cost about 100 million

So making $40/MWH * 100 MWH/day = $4000 per day * 365 day/yr = 1.4 million revenue per year. Not enough to pay back $100 million.

Like you said The economics of it keep improving though Imp

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Re:Adding clean energy to the US power grid just got a lot e... by Gibbon1 on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:53PM (#36916705)
I think that thing makes money because utilities will pay though the nose for a reserve of instant on demand power.
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Re:Adding clean energy to the US power grid just got a lot e... by applied_heat on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:07PM (#36921581)
Right, so then we are back to that cost being recovered from ratepayers.
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Re:Adding clean energy to the US power grid just got a lot e... by Gibbon1 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:53PM (#36924442)
But they're paying less for that than before. The price power commands depends a lot on how flexible the power source is. Batteries because they provide grid stabilization can charge a premium price.
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