I’ve touched about the importance of water in the past. I want to make the financial case for solar on why we should never exclude water from our value proposition. Fossil fuel and nuclear power plants are very heavy users of water, in many cases using water that can also be used for drinking supply and possible near 1 gallon per kWh. Much of our bottled water comes from our aquifers and is sold to us for $3+ per gallon. My tap water costs me much less about $0.01 per gallon but alas significant from a solar standpoint. So it’s time that we start using firm values for water when we discuss solar, ratepayers are already using and paying for it.
- Miami Herald: FPL needs more water to run Turkey Point
- Vox: Nevada’s big utility is about to strangle the state’s rooftop solar program
- PV-Magazine: US – SEIA backs ITC extension proposal
- US News: Obama calls climate change an ‘indisputable’ reality that threatens American national security
- EDF: We Need to Support All Types of Solar – Utility-Scale, Rooftop, Community, and More
- Renew Economy: Morgan Stanley sees 2.4m Australia homes with battery storage
- NY Times: What Do You Really Get for a $7,000 Tesla Home Battery?
- Bloomberg: A 24-Minute, $19 Billion Wipeout Threatens a Chinese Company’s Solar Dream
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Have a great day!
Yann