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Solar power will soon be as cheap as coal (Wind power has already reached grid parity)
ensia.com ^ | 4.15.15 | Phil McKenna

Posted on 04/18/2015 7:10:33 AM PDT by ckilmer

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To: ckilmer

Wind power is still 31-84 cents per kwh versus 6-9 cents per kwh for natural gas and coal, without taxpayer subsidies. Solar power will never approach this.


81 posted on 04/18/2015 10:25:12 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Darksheare

As well as number of killed panels and effect on system output.


82 posted on 04/18/2015 10:26:35 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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I am fortunate. I have 10 other engineers who are all military. They understand Steely Dan like nobodies business.

No Static at All

83 posted on 04/18/2015 10:35:14 AM PDT by eyedigress
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To: JRandomFreeper

My advice to you is use the correct battery. You seem to have a good grasp on what you are doing.


84 posted on 04/18/2015 10:41:30 AM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Covenantor

But..but.. it haz parity, we’ve been told so!
/ snerk

Last I knew, a coal plant, natural gas plant, or a nuke plant doesn’t get crippled or reduced in efficiency by a bit of weather.

All those abraded panels, buried, reduced efficiency sets etc aught to be an interesting number to find out.
Bet we’ll never hear of it.


85 posted on 04/18/2015 11:25:04 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

When pumping up the stock, those numbers will be available at the same lab verified output numbers.

Manana....


86 posted on 04/18/2015 11:40:00 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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I hear that.


87 posted on 04/18/2015 11:44:38 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: ckilmer

Keep shutdown coal mines or making them into federal park land drive the price up on coal, solar panels can still be expensive.


88 posted on 04/18/2015 11:52:25 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: VideoDoctor

If ssolar and wind were both solid and strong sources of energy nationwide they would have already broken out and be growing rapidly.
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They have broken out. They are growing rapidly.


89 posted on 04/18/2015 1:47:40 PM PDT by ckilmer (q)
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90 posted on 04/18/2015 2:34:17 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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They have broken out. They are growing rapidly.

It has broken out in small secluded areas of the Country.

When it's available BORDER to BORDER and COAST to COAST then it will have BROKEN OUT nationally .

Right now Obozo is simply shutting down coal burning power facilities through the EPA and driving up the cost of electricity while increasing the number of unemployed.

How is that GOOD for America?

91 posted on 04/18/2015 7:48:00 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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