Fortnightly Magazine - July 2008

PV vs. Solar Thermal

Distributed solar modules are gaining ground on concentrated solar thermal plants.

Jonathan Lesser and Nicolas Puga

Photovoltaic technologies are beginning to appear more attractive than concentrated solar thermal plants. PV’s competitiveness is improving from technical and operational advancements, as well as significant commitments made by such utilities as Southern California Edison. In the long run, distributed central PV plants likely will gain a strong market position.

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Debt Renaissance

Eye-popping nuclear costs portend rising leverage.

Michael T. Burr

(July 2008) When Progress Energy announced in March 2008 that the expected cost had tripled for its proposed two-unit, 2,200-MW nuclear plant in Levy County, Fla., the company called on the state’s highest-ranking proponent of nuclear energy to blunt negative reaction to the news.

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