aug 15th, 2008
just in time for independence day: energy security is just over the horizon via solar.
note one plant is using thin-film material and the other crystalline silicon.
if you take into account the enormous indirect investment that has gone into hydrocarbon-based electricity generation (eg. pipelines and ports for moving natural gas and oil; railroads for moving coal around) and if you consider their enormous carbon footprint, i would say solar power is entirely competitive right now. the fully amortized long-term cost of hydrocarbon-based (and also of nuclear waste-generating nuclear) plants is taken into account, i'd say solar is probably cheaper, and will continue to get cheaper as economies of scale kick in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/15solar.html?em
just in time for independence day: energy security is just over the horizon via solar.
note one plant is using thin-film material and the other crystalline silicon.
if you take into account the enormous indirect investment that has gone into hydrocarbon-based electricity generation (eg. pipelines and ports for moving natural gas and oil; railroads for moving coal around) and if you consider their enormous carbon footprint, i would say solar power is entirely competitive right now. the fully amortized long-term cost of hydrocarbon-based (and also of nuclear waste-generating nuclear) plants is taken into account, i'd say solar is probably cheaper, and will continue to get cheaper as economies of scale kick in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/15solar.html?em
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