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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (365105)	1/2/2008 7:42:10 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571415

"For a 14 MW plant, that amounts to $308/hr, or $54.0 million over 20 years." But, there's no reason that plant won't last 50 or even a hundred years.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (365105)	1/2/2008 8:32:31 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571415

(a very generous assumption indeed, given that average power is almost never advertised when solar panels are sold because it's impossible to estimate the variations in daylight) Actually that's probably very easy. Nelis AFB agreed to buy the power at 2.2 cents/kWh for 20 years. For a 14 MW plant, that amounts to $308/hr, or $54.0 million over 20 years. What was the cost of constructing the plant? $100 million. What's the 'true' cost of coal, oil or NG power plants? Remember that there have been subsidies for the infrastructure for those industries forever. Not just the plants, but also the production of the raw materials. Is solar competitive today? No. With economies of scale (helped along by subsidies awarded to competetive technology) will it be? Probably. Are there a lot of other economic benefits that come from solar? Yes. What's not to like?