SPACE-BASED SOLAR?! Sounds like an Elon Musk fantasy – but UK govt just published a study on the idea.
Yes, it would be wildly expensive, at up to £595/MWh in 2030 (!!)
But the study says it could be cost-competitive by the 2040s…🤔
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698f167c7da91680ad7f43ad/SBSP-enabled-pathways-to-net-zero-final-report-raf036-2425.pdf
Simon Evans
@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
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Simon Evans
@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022 Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor @CarbonBrief simon.evans@carbonbrief.org
mastodon.energy
@drsimevans@mastodon.energy
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