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Re: markp1950 post# 11256

Thursday, 06/26/2014 10:54:26 PM

Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:54:26 PM

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Those poor coal CEO's have family's to feed and people to poison mark...

On a serious note, lots of room to run for solar:

"Coal remains by far our biggest source for electricity, fueling 37 percent of the country’s power. Solar accounts for 1 percent (overall, renewable energies make up 12 percent)"

http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/02/coal-vs-solar-considering-costs/

and yeah, the costs are evening out in a hurry:

"Without subsidies, the levelized cost of energy (the cost of producing electricity, including capital costs, fuel and other operating costs) from utility-scale solar plants in 2013 ranged from $89 to $104 per megawatt-hour. But the firm estimates that the bottom end of this range will hit $64 per MWh in 2015 due to the continuing drop in solar panel and system costs. By comparison, coal generation costs between $65 to $145 per MWh"