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  • SEMPRA SAYS SOLAR IS SAME PRICE AS COAL POWER JUST AS SUN LIGHT DROPS TO ALL TIME LOW

    01/05/2009 5:12:17 PM PST · by WayneLusvardi · 14 replies · 667+ views
    Pasadena Sub Rosa ^ | January 5, 2009 | Wayne Lusvardi
    Sempra Energy is reporting today in the Los Angeles Times that its new solar farm near Nevada has achieved price parity with coal power at about 7.5 cents per kilowatt hour. This is good news except for the fact that the Times merely regurgitated a Sempra public relations release puff piece and left some stuff out; like the cost of back-up coal fired electricity when the sun isn't shining bright enough. Another apparent cost left out is the cost to buy land. The small 10 megawatt solar farm that Sempra has recently built is apparently on land Sempra owns next...