Friday, July 30, 2010

Solar PV is now cheaper than nuclear

Solar PV power is now cheaper than nuclear, according to a new paper, and this is without all the concerns of nuclear: long time to build, government guarantees, fuel and spent-fuel management risk, terrorist risk, etc.

And to think, CSP with storage will end up even cheaper!

See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/business/global/27iht-renuke.html?_r=5&pagewanted=1&src=busln

Full report: http://www.ncwarn.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/NCW-SolarReport_final1.pdf

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