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 Stories About: Al Gore AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND energy AND renewable energy
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Gore's plan is more than 100 percent feasible
We can do more than he calls for, but I would settle for Gore's objective |
Gar Lipow |
21 Jul 2008 |
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| Everyone is talking about Gore's proposal to decarbonize electricity over the course of 10 years. Without considering transmission and storage losses, Gore's estimate of $1.5 to 3 trillion would require capital costs of under 37 to 74 cents per annual kWh. Taking those losses into consideration, cost would have to be more in the 28 to 56 cents per kWh range. (Note again these are not cost per watt of capacity. These are costs per annual kWh. They are levelized cos ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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