These “levelized” costs are always comically inept.
- Assumes solar installation in a sunny climate. It’s an order of magnitude difference in potential solar output between San Diego and NYC.
- Underestimates battery requirements by multiple orders of magnitude. Again, because it has comically inept assumptions.
- We literally cannot deploy solar at scale today. We do not have anywhere near the battery production necessary for utility scale deployment. We would need to double our worldwide battery manufacturing ability, double it again, double it again, and then double it one more time.
- Massive demand for solar and battery, combined with finite production capacity, would lead to dramatic increase in prices.
TLDR the other energy technologies can actually be deployed at estimated prices. Solar cannot be deployed at scale globally. At all. Period.
- Assumes solar installation in a sunny climate. It’s an order of magnitude difference in potential solar output between San Diego and NYC.
- Underestimates battery requirements by multiple orders of magnitude. Again, because it has comically inept assumptions.
- We literally cannot deploy solar at scale today. We do not have anywhere near the battery production necessary for utility scale deployment. We would need to double our worldwide battery manufacturing ability, double it again, double it again, and then double it one more time.
- Massive demand for solar and battery, combined with finite production capacity, would lead to dramatic increase in prices.
TLDR the other energy technologies can actually be deployed at estimated prices. Solar cannot be deployed at scale globally. At all. Period.