Brookings Study Calls Solar, Wind Power the Most Expensive Fossil Alternatives

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 9, 2014 @04:41AM from the but-they're-also-the-sexiest dept.

turkeydance (1266624) writes A new study [PDF] from the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, argues that using solar and wind energy may be the most expensive alternatives to carbon-based electricity generation, even though they require no expenditures for fuel.....Specifically, this means nuclear power offers a savings of more than $400,000 worth of carbon emissions per megawatt of capacity. Solar saves only $69,000 and wind saves $107,000. An anonymous reader points out that the Rocky Mountain Institute finds the Brookings study flawed in several ways, and offers a rebuttal.

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Brookings Study Calls Solar, Wind Power the Most Expensive Fossil Alternatives

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