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Does anyone have good resources (or can provide a good estimate) for the cost of a moderate sized photovoltaic solar plant like this? Both up front capital, an
by gjem97 9y ago
Does anyone have good resources (or can provide a good estimate) for the cost of a moderate sized photovoltaic solar plant like this? Both up front capital, and ongoing maintenance?
- maxerickson 9y agoThe DOE does some work to estimate the upfront costs: http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2016/37745 http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2016/37745 Ballpark of a couple bucks a watt.
- cwal37 9y agoWhat you want is NREL's Annual Technology Baseline spreadsheet/presentation/scenario viewer[1]. Plenty of fun numbers and formulas to look at there (Disclaimer: I worked on the hydro section, so I'm a bit biased to think it's useful). [1] http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/data_tech_baseline.html http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/data_tech_baseline.html