For an idea on presepective, 136 MW represents one mid sized gas turbine that could be set up on a lot no bigger than the average home lot and probably costs less than $30 million installed. If the average home system costs $25,000, the investment for the same amount of solar electricity is over $3 billion.
Great point. The biggest real advantage to solar is when you are isolated from the grid in your mountian hide-a-way.
$3 Billion sounds familiar:
$2.9 Billion Solar Roofs Program Proposed For California Environment California ^ | December 13, 2005 Posted on 12/13/2005 5:25:39 PM PST by calcowgirl
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT.
(By the way, ever think of all that cadminum and lead they're putting in those lead-acid batteries they're storing in the garage? Then having to recycle/dump in the landfill when the batteries die after 3 years: at $80.00-100.00 per battery, and around 40 lbs of lead and acid and plastic, it adds up to a lot of material for "free" power part of the time.)