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Solar, Wind and Nuclear Energy Prices

• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian Wang

NV Energy's had solar power pricing of $24.99/MWh in Arizona. This was 2.5 cents per kwh. A dual nuclear power plant in the US has 2.4 cents per kwh in pricing. The average pricing for new solar in the US is about 3.6 cents per kwh.

The O&M costs of solar have been flat for four years at 0.8 cents per kwh. The land for solar is about 1.6 cents per kwh. Solar projects get a 30% tax write-off and has other subsidies.

Panels are less than half the price of the installation.

How low can solar prices go? GTM predicts under $15/MWh in 2022 (1.5 cents per KWh).

U.S. Solar Market added 10.6 GW of PV in 2018.


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