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Originally Posted by redpoint5
No, it's not cheaper, and those who concoct those LCOE distortions are hiding the costs.
If you make the cost of dispatchable power more expensive by relying on them for a stable grid, but underutilizing the infrastructure costs without including that in the LCOE of wind and solar, then it's simply corrupt accounting.
Show me a 100% wind and solar utility that includes storage that is less than the cost of coal, and you've got an argument.
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When a car with better fuel economy comes out do you scrap your old car and buy the new one so that you can save money? No that would be stupid. Same with utilities - they aren't going to scrap their current generating plants long before they reach their end of life just because it is cheaper to build a NEW solar farm than a NEW coal plant.
There are 100% renewable grids - most of them are on islands. It wouldn't surprise me if Hawaii was the first US state with a 100% renewable grid.