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Comment by rgbrenner

You cant compare nameplate capacity to actual energy production. You have to adjust the nameplate capacity by the capacity factor first.

It's almost certainly PV.. because the price -- $200B for 200GW -- matches perfectly the current price of a new utility scale PV plant ($1/Watt). Those plants have a capacity factor of 10-30%. It'll probably be close to the 30%. So that would reduce the 200GW to 60GW.

parent rgbrenner 8 years ago

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