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So roughly half the cost 12 years later? Meanwhile the last 10 years of PV solar have seen the price drop to about 1/4 of what they were. And concentrated sol
by jandrese 3y ago
So roughly half the cost 12 years later? Meanwhile the last 10 years of PV solar have seen the price drop to about 1/4 of what they were. And concentrated solar was already more expensive than PV solar.
But, I hear you say, what about the cost of storage? Certainly the concentrated solar can get wins by generating steam using the molten sodium for hours after the sun goes down. Over the last 10 years chemical batteries have dropped to about 1/10 of their old price and the trendline still points downwards. Battery production is seriously ramping up as EVs push demand and grid storage becomes a huge issue.
Concentrated Solar is still a day late and a dollar short.