Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet
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Re: Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet
#2Has any production battery become cheaper than LEAC ACID for computer UPS ? I have not seen new cheaper UPS getting launched.
Re: Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet
#3$33 per MWh for solar. What is it for coal or natural gas? Maybe half that?
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#4Am I dumb or does that sentence "Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet" make no sense grammatically?
Re: Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet
#5Am I dumb or does that sentence "Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet" make no sense grammatically?
The actual headline is:
Analysis finds "anytime electricity" from solar available as battery costs plummet.
Those missing quotes go a long way to making the headline make sense.
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#6$33 per MWh for solar. What is it for coal or natural gas? Maybe half that?
Why would you think that? Solar and wind are both far cheaper than fossil fuels even ignoring the problems caused by coal and methane.
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#7Am I dumb or does that sentence "Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet" make no sense grammatically?
The actual headline is: Analysis finds "anytime electricity" from solar available as battery costs plummet. Those missing quotes go a long way to making the headline make sense.
I think they meant "viable" instead of "available"
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
The actual headline is: Analysis finds "anytime electricity" from solar available as battery costs plummet. Those missing quotes go a long way to making the headline make sense.
I think they meant "viable" instead of "available"
Just read the subhead. It explains everything.
Ember’s report outlines how falling battery capital expenditures and improved performance metrics have lowered the levelized cost of storage, making dispatchable solar a competitive, anytime electricity option globally.
Re: Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet
#9Am I dumb or does that sentence "Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet" make no sense grammatically?
The actual headline is: Analysis finds "anytime electricity" from solar available as battery costs plummet. Those missing quotes go a long way to making the headline make sense.
Its still really confusing. A better title would be "When solar power from batteries are available, costs plummet"
Or since power has no provenience, "When batteries are available, electricity prices fall"
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#10$33 per MWh for solar. What is it for coal or natural gas? Maybe half that?
In the US as of June 2024:
Gas peaker plants are: $110-228
And Gas combined cycle: $45-108
PV in the US is also more expensive than globally however: $38-171 for Utility scale with storage, when including subsidies, $60-210 when not.
Coal is so much worse in every cost metric than gas combined cycle it's not worth considering, even leaving the pollution aside.
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/34-%20Exh...