Based on a $200 a month payment for electricity, each houshold would pay $72,000 over 30 years.
$200 a month might be low in Arizona.
“Based on a $200 a month payment for electricity, each houshold would pay $72,000 over 30 years.”
Does the $1 billion include operating and maintenance expenses for 30 years?
IMO solar has its uses but its extremely inefficient for the generation of electricity. When new the solar cells convert somewhere around 10% of the energy they take in. As the cells age that efficiency declines.
And then there are the toxic byproducts from the manufacturing process.
The key to this project is summed up in this sentence “It will be able to power 70,000 households while avoiding more than 400,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, according to Abengoa. “
The project is about global warming.
$200 a month for electricity is a massively expenseive bill that most people would never be able to afford. A peak use month may see something in the range of $75-$90. Normal bill would be in the $30-40 range. $200 a month is about 4 times more what people are normally paying now. Hardly worth the cost to just to fight a media manufactured myth like "Global Warming"