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Comment by philipkglass

According to this article, the project cost $2.13 billion for 3.5 gigawatts-peak of installed capacity:

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/06/06/worlds-largest-solar-...

It's expected to generate 6.09 TWh per year, for a capacity factor of 19.8%. That's equivalent to $3.07 per real annualized watt. For rough comparison purposes, last year's contract for China to build a 1.2 GW nuclear reactor in Pakistan was for $4.8 billion [1] (4 dollars per watt, $4.44 per real annualized watt assuming a 90% capacity factor [2]).

[1] https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-signs-4-8-billion-nuclear...

[2] https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails....

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