So here is another example of a vastly underperforming high tech solar farm. The Solar Star farm is using high efficiency crystaline panels on trackers with an automated cleaning system and is one of the newest and largest in the world. The nameplate capacity is stated as 597MW ac. The 2016 totals were stated as 1.447 GWh which is only an average of 165.2 MW.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Star
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I can't find any report on the cost of construction but a Warren Buffet group purchased the project in Jan, 2013 for $2B. I would really like to see the actual expense of the project if anyone can find out. I would have to expect that he wouldn't buy it unless it was in distress and came cheaper than what he could just start his own new project. Even using this price the cost was $12/ Watt and has no storage. The AP1000 was bid at $7/ Watt. Isn't a new gas plant even cheaper? How does all of the media spin keep telling us that solar and wind are at grid parity?