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Originally Posted by aerohead
I can't go to India to vet the information.Like everyone else I'm at the mercy of the internet.
What was reported,was that a Finnish company was providing solar-derived electrical power,at 2.44-cents/kW-h.India's filthiest,cheapest coal-fired power plants could not provide power any cheaper than 3.1-cents/kW-h.
India was cancelling all new coal-fired power plant construction.They didn't parse it out an any more detail.
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As I said, We need to realize that there are many things to consider beyond the quote of a cheap wholesale price from solar somewhere. There are huge govenment rebates and tax incentives and huge feed in tariffs available to solar that contribute to these news stories. And then there is also the fact that the solar installs are not held responsible for the cost of guaranteeing their supply to avoid blackouts. Every area with a high percentage of rebuildable energy adoption has seen electricty prices increase. Solar can be really good for daytime cooling peaks with smart grid control of thermostats but still requires high tech thermal storage to time shift by 6 hours to get through the evening. But it absolutley can't replace a baseload grid.
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EIAA projects India to be burning 2.4X more coal in 2050 than 2010.
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China has enough coal gerneration with slowing growth and is downwind from it's own pollution so it's companies have taken their engineering to the world market to build out coal in other countries.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/01/c...te-change.html
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1600 new coal plants are planned world wide. I'm not rooting for coal. But energy growth is economic growth. And underdeveloped countires want to join us in standard of living. Refuse to be left behind. And rebuildables are expensive and can't provide a baseload.