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For those interested in the economics of this project, the details are available in this publication: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/88816.pdf https://www.
by akamaka 2y ago
For those interested in the economics of this project, the details are available in this publication:
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/88816.pdf https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/88816.pdf
Summary: This particular research project won’t quite break even purely on market-rate electricity sales, due to having 2x the installation cost of utility scale solar. If high value crops are successfully grown, there are scenarios where it could break even after including profits from crop sales.
- zbyforgotp 2y agoYeah - that’s what I thought. The original article sounds like motivated reasoning - solar farms don’t look like “green technology” so there is that great need to make them more palatable and project like this cater to that need instead of economic calculation.