http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/15/solarreserve-interview-what-is-night-solar-power-worth-to-california/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/15/solarreserve-interview-what-is-night-solar-power-worth-to-california/#comment-121288 Fri, 18 May 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38061#comment-121288 How many days of no wind/sun in a row do you think we experience?

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/15/solarreserve-interview-what-is-night-solar-power-worth-to-california/#comment-121214 Thu, 17 May 2012 13:47:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38061#comment-121214 There seems to be some confusion between cost and price here. Adding storage will always increase the cost of solar, but delaying delivery of power to the grid until prices are higher increases the price. The real question at the end of the day is does this make solar more affordable?
Yes, the value to the grid is increased and no, the average cost per watt also goes up. Since massive amounts of storage are necessary to get beyond around 1/3 of capacity for wind and solar in an economically realistic way, this is a step in the right direction, but you still need large amounts of fossil reserves for those occasional multi-day windless cloudy days.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/15/solarreserve-interview-what-is-night-solar-power-worth-to-california/#comment-121134 Wed, 16 May 2012 21:22:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38061#comment-121134 […] This is the second part of an interview I had with Tom Georgis, the SVP of SolarReserve, about the new wave of solar Power Purchase Contracts (PPAs) being signed with California utilities, including theirs. I had noticed that their contracts with California utilities were a bit above the price of BrightSource PPAs without storage. (Part I covered What is night solar worth to California utilities?) […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/15/solarreserve-interview-what-is-night-solar-power-worth-to-california/#comment-121087 Wed, 16 May 2012 07:29:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=38061#comment-121087 […] SolarReserve Interview: What is night solar power worth to California? SolarReserve can operate potentially 24 hours a […]

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