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		gregbot 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A year of clean energy milestones Dollars per kilowatt would also make more sense but yes the number are off by about a factor of 1,000. If a 1 GW nuclear power plant cost only $200 per megawatt the entire plant would cost $200,000 which is… completely wrong

pfdietz 37 days ago [–]

Utility scale solar is around $1/W, so even $/kW wouldn't work.

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