Biggest Solar Mistakes
KRS Murthy
Look at the coverage by reporters of NY Times, who probably are neither technically qualified, nor objective. Just being able to write in English does not qualify these writers to get such high profile jobs in famous publications.
Why do they not take the advice of real experts? Probably because they just don't care. They media executives, do not seem to know the disservice they are doing to the readers / viewers and the nation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/business/energy-environment/a-big-solar-plant-opens-facing-doubts-about-its-future.html?ref=energy-environment
The basic problems with the technology referred to in the article:
- The mirror arrays based technology is very old, nothing new about it
- The efficiency per acre or per square mile is very poor.
- Cost per Mega Watt Installed is very high
- Cost per Mega Watt Hour of electricity produced is very high
- Operations and maintenance is very high
- Mirror tracking costs are ridiculously high
- Storage is another big issue.
- Similar installations have been done and later torn down in not only Mojave desert, but also in Spain and other locations, as it was realized not to be economical.
- These contracts are given to reward election campaign donors in USA
- Similar issues of bribes to elected officials in India
- Even China has done similar mistakes.
- Lesson: Meritocracy in the dictionary should be titled under "Joke" category, true for all parts of the world.
I am ready to discuss and debate on this topic, as needed.
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