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Let's do the math. I'm leaving out capital costs for Diablo Canyon because I'm guessing it's paid off at this point. Diablo Canyon is producing 2 GW. $6B / (5
by jupp0r 3y ago
Let's do the math. I'm leaving out capital costs for Diablo Canyon because I'm guessing it's paid off at this point.
Diablo Canyon is producing 2 GW. $6B / (5 years * 2 GW) is approximately $0.069/kWh.
That sounds extremely competitive to me and not "just a PR game". You won't get solar and batteries installed and connected to the grid cheaper than that (especially not at current interest rates), sorry. There's also the fact that Diablo Canyon is running right now, while getting large amounts of solar and batteries connected to the grid is a years long process at this point due to grid operator connection planning backlog.