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beefman
on Feb 12, 2024
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28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting p...
Subsidies would be useful in getting it from $108/MWh to $54/MWh faster, but they don't change the underlying physics of the technology.
rsynnott
on Feb 12, 2024
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Sorry, what I mean is that the $48/MWh figure benefits from significant subsidy; it's not a realistic cost of provision.
beefman
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Perhaps surprisingly, it is a realistic cost and could be much lower if the electricity market were efficient (as opposed to being an amalgam of regional monopolies with essentially no price incentives).
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