Replies to post #14915 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[mouton29]

This article estimates the combined costs for the Tucson project, solar plus storage, at 4.5 cents per kWh. http://www.utilitydive.com/news/how-can-tucson-electric-get-solar-storage-for-45kwh/443715/

That's taking into account tax credits, without those they estimate combined costs at 9 cents. To get the tax credit the storage needs to be linked to/earmarked for the solar.

[semi_infinite]

Utility scale storage is happening now. A recent example is the work done by SCE after the Aliso Canyon blowout in socal.