Are the price comparisons really that relevant considering that solar is a essentially unlimited supply and coal isn't, plus the cost of building coal plants.
I was about to post the exact same thing. I've always heard this "1 dollar a watt" holy grail, but it never made sense to me. Will someone with more industry experience care to explain?
We have enough coal to last around 200 years....which is a long long time, by the time coal runs out, we will allready likely all be getting our electricity from Nuclear Fussion power plants.
also, yes, coal plants do cost money to build.....and solar ones dont.? :/
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peshue @ Mar 27th 2008 5:26PM
Are the price comparisons really that relevant considering that solar is a essentially unlimited supply and coal isn't, plus the cost of building coal plants.
BigD145 @ Mar 27th 2008 5:40PM
All businesses think in quarterly profits. Yes, it is relevant. Should it be this way? NO!!!
kentavos @ Mar 27th 2008 6:20PM
I was about to post the exact same thing. I've always heard this "1 dollar a watt" holy grail, but it never made sense to me. Will someone with more industry experience care to explain?
Murc @ Mar 29th 2008 3:18AM
We have enough coal to last around 200 years....which is a long long time, by the time coal runs out, we will allready likely all be getting our electricity from Nuclear Fussion power plants.
also, yes, coal plants do cost money to build.....and solar ones dont.? :/
mohaine @ Mar 28th 2008 9:09AM
I believe the $1/watt is price per watt for the average coal plant over its entire life. So it is
Cost of Building + Cost of running plant over entire life of plant(Coal included) / Total energy generated of entire life of plant