abu afk and cricket have been challenged to show us, the cost of renewables. They refuse to answer.
I guess neither one of us is willing to answer a question that stupid. I did respond. I guess you didn't like my response.
The cost is so astronomical that they can not, and will not answer.
I think you may have it pegged there. The question is so poor there is no way to answer it. Thus I am unable to answer it and thus I do not.
They do claim they are cheap, yet they wont explain why it costs us more to buy electricity from renewables.
PV these days is cheaper per kWh than fossil fuel power. As to what you pay for things, there is no way I can know. It seems like a personal problem.
Renewables, utilities are forced to pay 1000% more for renewables.
If I'm understanding you correctly, you think electrical utilities pay 10 times as much for power they get from renewable sources than they do from fossil fuel. Hmm... let's check.
"The key insight from this 2020 edition is that the levelised costs of electricity generation of low- carbon generation technologies are falling and are increasingly below the costs of conventional fossil fuel generation. Renewable energy costs have continued to decrease in recent years. With the assumed moderate emission costs of USD 30/tCO2 their costs are now competitive, in LCOE terms, with dispatchable fossil fuel-based electricity generation in many countries.
2 In particular, this report shows that onshore wind is expected to have, on average, the lowest levelised costs of electricity generation in 2025. Although costs vary strongly from country to country, this is true for a majority of countries (10 out of 14). Also solar PV, if deployed at large scales and under favourable climatic conditions, can be very cost competitive. Offshore wind is experiencing a major cost decrease compared to the previous edition. Whereas five years ago, the median LCOE still exceeded USD 150/MWh, it is now significantly below USD 100/MWh and therefore in a competitive range. Both hydro technologies analyses (run of river and reservoir) can provide competitive alternatives where suitable sites exist, but costs remain very site-specific. The result of IEA’s value adjusted LCOE (VALCOE) metric show however, that the system value of variable renewables such as wind and solar decreases as their share in the power supply increases."
Projected Costs of Generating Electricity 2020 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
"An article by Dominic Dudley in Forbes explains this further. He says the cost of electricity from developing new fossil fuel plants ranges from $0.05/kWh to $0.15/kWh. By comparison, hydroelectric power comes in at an average of $0.05/kWh, onshore wind, solar voltaic, biomass and geothermal below $0.10/kWh and offshore wind at $0.13/kWh."
What is the real cost of renewable energy, and is there a way to invest? Learn if clean energy does cost more and what you get if you switch to an alternative energy provider.
www.inspirecleanenergy.com
"The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled in 2020, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. 162 gigawatts (GW) or 62 per cent of total renewable power generation added last year had lower costs than the cheapest new fossil fuel option.
More to the point, the cost of clean energy sources is falling year-on-year and will continue to do so as infrastructure develops. Solar power is falling by 13% year-on-year, and wind by 9%."
Countries urged to power past coal as new report confirms renewables would bring cost savings of USD 156 billion to emerging economies.
www.irena.org
So... I'm going to have to suggest that if your utility told you they're paying ten times as much for renewable power, they're lying to you.
Yet we got a few people here who lie through their teeth.
Like, whoever told you that renewables cost ten times as much as fossil fuel.
Want an example, I can show the cost by using Block island. The first offshore wind farm, utilities must pay a 1000% more for that electricity than the going rate. If renewables are so cheap, why does the government force the utilities, us, to pay such extreme prices.
I couldn't tell you. But I think part of the problem is that you're attempting to generalize worldwide from a single facility.
rmi.org
