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Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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CSP and CSP - What's the CSP Cost of a 300 Megawatt Plant?
50 US dollars a megawatt hour is just a benchmark. We have to hit if we're going to be deployed around the world. CSP has some really significant drivers that make it much cheaper when the plants get bigger. The O&M burden that these plants carry, that the economics carry, it really does push you to larger plants. By the time you get to say 150, 200 megawatts, see if the CSP becomes really, really the cheapest option for hot dry climates.
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