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Re:A Year of Clean Energy Milestones by gregbot on Monday January 05, 2026 @09:53PM (#46508205)
Dollars per kilowatt would also make more sense but yes the number are off by about a factor of 1,000. If a 1 GW nuclear power plant cost only $200 per megawatt the entire plant would cost $200,000 which is… completely wrong
Re:A Year of Clean Energy Milestones by pfdietz on Monday January 05, 2026 @10:09PM (#46508311)
Utility scale solar is around $1/W, so even $/kW wouldn't work.