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I would be interested in seeing a detailed analysis that came to the same conclusion as your assertion regarding solar+storage being cheaper than gas plant in C

I would be interested in seeing a detailed analysis that came to the same conclusion as your assertion regarding solar+storage being cheaper than gas plant in California. Here is a pretty detailed analysis indicating that the storage costs make that combination infeasible at this point: http://euanmearns.com/the-cost-of-wind-solar-power-batteries-included/ http://euanmearns.com/the-cost-of-wind-solar-power-batteries... The California scenario in that report suggests over $5 trillion needed to switch to solar+batteries.

xbmcuser 5y ago
That report is already too old to be relevant. It took battery prices at $200 they are around $100-120 now it took solar cost at around $50 per MWH it is now around $35~40 in the US $20~30 in India and China etc. And prices for both are still falling approximately 10~15% annually.
- gwright 5y ago
  So only $2.5 trillion? I get the fact that battery prices are going down. That doesn't mean that grid-scale battery systems are feasible and deployable any time soon.