Here's the link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2015/05/01/did-tesla-just-kill-nuclear-power/
Key point: Tesla is set to sell utility-scale batteries to utilities for, as the article puts it, about $0.02 / kWh. Filling those batteries from renewables costs less than just running a nuclear power plant. Both give you baseload capability, and the renewables with batteries give you peaking capacity and otherwise full control over supply. Very provocative. Almost certainly true. And, coming from Forbes? Extremely significant. If I do the math on the Powerwall batteries...a $3500 battery gets you 10 kWh. Cycle that battery fully every day for fifteen years: 10 * 365 * 15 = 54,750, or about 55 MWh. Divided by the purchase price and that's about $0.06 / kWh -- well in line with economies of scale and the like. For that matter...considering the ability of a battery to provide peaking capacity, Musk probably also killed more than just nuclear. For me, the real question...when will solar + batteries be cheaper than coal? b& On May 4, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Did Tesla Just Kill Nuclear Power? > > | | > | | | | | | | | > | Did Tesla Just Kill Nuclear Power?It would be almost three hours until > Tesla's big announcement, but inside a Northwestern University classroom near > Chicago Thursday night, the famed nuclear critic ... | > | | > | View on www.forbes.com | Preview by Yahoo | > | | > | | > > Seems Tony Star....I mean Elon Musk has done it again. Lawrence Rhodes > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150504/3b7f0413/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
