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  • First Solar 'Outsources' New Facility to the USA [View article]
    In common with most commentators, the author hopelessly confuses installed capacity with output - the sun does not shine at night!
    You can reckon on the average output of a solar plant in a good location being around 1/5th of installed capacity, so the 800MW mentioned would come down to around 160MW - a fraction of the output of most coal plants.
    Similar considerations apply to many published cost figures - often installed capacity figures are quoted, and you actually get a lot less power for a lot of money.
    The renewable energy field is full of sharks.
    Aug 21 10:15 am |Rating: 0 0
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