. . . will become increasingly rare in:
. . . . . . 4 Years, and no longer built in,
. . . . . . 10 years.
“Time, and time again,
. . . in adjacent sectors like solar, and
. . . even in energy storage,
. . . technology costs have the capacity to fall faster,
. . . than almost anybody expects,”
Consider a gas peaking plant planned for Oxnard.
. . . The California Independent System Operator found the peaker plant,
. . . would be more expensive than storage,
. . . in an analysis that used prices from 2014.
After GTM pointed out the discrepancies,
. . . between those costs, and
. . . current industry pricing,
. . . NRG Energy, the plant’s developer,
. . . suspended its construction application.
1-18-2018 Source: #Energy Storage vs. Peaker Plant