Solar Generation Costs on Track to Achieve Grid Parity [View article]
I've got news for the coal and NG power generators - even without solar and wind alternatives, we're going to use less than 30% of current coal and NG (and they will have to do so to stay in business).
Waste heat recovery via solid state direct conversion to electricity will cut the use of coal and NG by 70%. No other changes required. So the demand for those energy sources is going south, period; by 70%.
That makes the 30% remaining for replacement with solar and wind (and geo and hydro and nuc) a breeze!
No more drill, drill, drill, and dig, dig, dig (not to mention extract, process, transport, remediate, etc.).
Solar Generation Costs on Track to Achieve Grid Parity [View article]
Waste heat recovery via solid state direct conversion to electricity will cut the use of coal and NG by 70%. No other changes required. So the demand for those energy sources is going south, period; by 70%.
That makes the 30% remaining for replacement with solar and wind (and geo and hydro and nuc) a breeze!
No more drill, drill, drill, and dig, dig, dig (not to mention extract, process, transport, remediate, etc.).