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   cneal Posted 11:40 pm
   21 Feb 2008

   Market expectationsAnd check out this quote from the Star-Telegram article, on the "clean coal" plant's reliance on carbon credit schemes:
   "It is widely anticipated in the industry that federal standards putting a price on carbon emissions, probably through a cap-and-trade system, will be instituted by 2010."
   I see this as the best news in this story. We don't  need actual regulations on the books to make companies make good decisions: as long as we can give them the credible expectation that some sort of regulation is coming soon, they'll build cleaner plants in anticipation. And, as more of these investments get made, the utilities themselves will have more and more self-interest in establishing global carbon limits.
   
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   davidconnell Posted 1:00 am
   22 Feb 2008

   Where Will the "Clean Coal" Come From?Some magical happy mine that doesn't destroy wilderness, pollute our streams, or make the surrounding areas completely unlivable?
   Clean coal is a myth.

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   altCon Posted 4:07 am
   22 Feb 2008

   Live webcast today - Nevada Solar OneDon't know if you've already posted about this, but Ed Begley's moderating/hosting a live webcast right now (2pm, Friday) about Nevada Solar One's "historic" event:
   
   http://www.accionalive.com/

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   solar nano Posted 6:49 pm
   22 Feb 2008

   solar vs. coalDoes anybody have an approximation of how many bucks it would take to build a 280mw coal plant vs. the Abenquo solar plant in Arizona and how much time to completion for each?

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   solar nano Posted 7:01 pm
   22 Feb 2008

   solar vs. coalDoes anybody have an approximation of how many bucks it would take to build a 280mw coal plant vs. the Abenquo solar plant in Arizona and how much time to completion for each?

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   sunflower Posted 1:49 am
   23 Feb 2008

   Blue sky laws and a billion bucks for sunshineLikely $4/Watt, less than 25% capacity factor, and perhaps up to 15% efficient.  That is why subsidies and third party investors are required to zap this monster to life.

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   Erik Hoffner Posted 3:18 am
   23 Feb 2008

   coal costssolar nano:
   Have a look here at Energy Justice Network's coal site click the link to contact them:
   http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/
   They've got lots of numbers on the cost to build various types of coal plants.
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   Tasermons Partner Posted 8:48 am
   23 Feb 2008

   $3 Billion......the expected cost of the plant.  That's even more than Futuregen (close to 3X more), and this one won't have the option to be funded by by the DOE (I hope).  They better have some major backers with deep pockets if they want this thing to go through.

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