Mirrors last a long time in the desert? With wind and sand blowing? 375,000 motors turning? Taxpayers paid $1.6B for this plant, Google is a minority.
BTW this plant burns natural gas... https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ivanpah-may-be-burning-enough-natural-gas-to-qualify-for-cap-and-trade-in-c I hope you are right. I like distributed PV, not this albatross. On Wednesday, December 30, 2015, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* ChemE Stewart > > Ø OOPS DEFAULT > > Ø > *http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/15/nrg-ivanpah-faces-chance-of-default-PGE-contract* > <http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/15/nrg-ivanpah-faces-chance-of-default-PGE-contract> > > Just to avoid any wrong implications, Stewart - any default would be a > bookkeeping adjustment for Google’s tax purposes. Solar is growing rapidly in > Cal. and it will be the lowest cost energy option by the end of next > year, or sooner if natural gas prices return to historical norms. Google > Swanson's law. > > Compare that to a close nuclear plant to you. TVA estimated this beauty > would cost 2 billion when it started in 1973, and it ended up at 6.5 or > more depending on how one accounts for the interest payed during the long > delay, since it is not yet running. (for 1.1 GW) > *http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/oct/23/nrc-grants-operating-license-watts-bar-unit-2/332065/* > <http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/oct/23/nrc-grants-operating-license-watts-bar-unit-2/332065/> > > According to the Solar Electric Power Association, in 2014 California had > installed > 4.3 GW… but that has increased to 11.5 GW today and should go to 15 GW by > the end of 2016. Compared to the installed cost of new nuclear power, this > looks > like a bargain, even when adjusted for daytime hours J > > The economists look at solar as a long term investment, like a toll brid > ge. The Golden Gate bridge cost $27 million to build, which sounded > outrageously high at the time but now produces revenues of $125 million > every year…. Solar power will not be as dramatic a cash cow in a few > decades, but there is no refueling cost every 5-6 years… and mirrors tend > to last a long time. > > >
