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That's $0.12/watt, which is nothing when amortized over dozens of years. Residential solar in California is roughly $2.75/watt installed and a recent utility sc
by 7e 4y ago
That's $0.12/watt, which is nothing when amortized over dozens of years. Residential solar in California is roughly $2.75/watt installed and a recent utility scale solar project in Nevada looks to be coming in at $0.70/watt. Even with transmission, utility scale solar is 3x cheaper.
- ghouse 4y agoAll of these costs need to be adjusted for capacity factor. The 3.2 GW is the maximum rating of the line. The line will almost never be at the maximum rating (due to security-constrained economic dispatch). And obviously solar only generates when the sun is up (a mid-30s capacity factor is very good).