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Fuel costs, maintenance, and operation would be over $2M. Normal energy prices are about half of what you quoted. It's TBD if they come back down to normal in
by onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
Fuel costs, maintenance, and operation would be over $2M.
Normal energy prices are about half of what you quoted. It's TBD if they come back down to normal in the near future in the EU.
You're looking at $18M in revenue. This thing will probably cost more than $10M to purchase, and then you need land, a grid-tie in, and permits.
It would still work - but the numbers aren't going to look as good as wind & especially solar.
- rsj_hn 4y agoComparing the price of unreliable energy to reliable energy is like comparing the price of a junk bond with a treasury and wondering why the latter costs so much more. It costs more because when you turn it on you get a known and reliable source of power, day or night, cloudy or sunny, windy or quiet. That's why it costs more.
- anon84873628 4y agoI wonder what the cost of decommissioning is. That's easy to ignore just like it's easy to ignore the cost of mitigating the CO2 emissions from gas...
- wolfwyrd 4y agoIf they're modular then they'll be intended to run more than one. You get the land, grid tie-in, permits and staff and then... stack 4 of these instead of 1. You use the same benefits from economies of scale to have as many of these as can be safely crammed into your building and go from there.