April 28 class, solar, Forecasting Solar Energy Costs

Title: Forecasting Solar Energy Costs Using Moores Law

Solar energy could get real cheap. Not a good time to own a coal plant. From this rough forecast it looks like fossil fired power generation is not going to be cost effective much longer.

Wikipedia: Moore's law integrated circuit (density) doubles approximately every two years. 

Forbes, Oct 8, 2015, Wind And Solar Energy Technologies Eat Into Fossil Fuel Power's Business Plan by Mike Scott 

in UK and Germany cost is $106/MWh for coal. $122 for solar. 

Using Moore's Law I made a crude forecast for solar energy costs. Should we moth ball some fossil fuel plants?

Tags: Solar Energy, Climate Change, Fossil Fuel, Electricity, sustainability

I plan to look at solutions --

1 - the UN Agreement at COP21  - Obama just sighed it this week!?!

2 - Ethical Eating from Cowspircy and UUA website;

3 - Nuclear Breeder reactors - 'Pandora's Promise.'

see you thursdayl

In 2015 COP21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.

Forbes, Oct 8, 2015, Wind And Solar Energy Technologies Eat Into Fossil Fuel Power's Business Plan by Mike Scott 

in UK and Germany cost is $106/MWh for coal. $122 for solar. 

Wikipedia Moore's law integrated circuit (density) doubles approximately every two years.