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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2018-01-23 12:10 pm

Interesting Links for 23-01-2018

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Re: Colorado Renewables

[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2018-01-23 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Aye - of course they are replacing a couple of coal plants with other stuff.

I wonder if they are at the solar PV / wind is cheaper to build than the gas costs to burn stage yet.

(Or as I have decided to name it the Sutton Gas Inflection Point).
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Re: Colorado Renewables

[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2018-01-23 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
So, it's sounding like the renewables plus modest storage is cheaper than the non-capital costs of coal in Colorado.

Which takes you down a CCGT route.