Steyer: Diesel generator power costs 10 times more per kWh than solar
Tom Steyer · Tom Steyer – Investing to Save Humanity (Climate Solutions EP.1, Capital Allocators EP. 300) · Mar 6, 2023 · at 55:49
Tom Steyer compares the cost dynamics of decentralized diesel power generation in Lagos markets with distributed solar energy.
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“A diesel generator, which of course was fossil fuel, and it also emits a lot of not particularly healthful emissions from burning the diesel, but also is obviously a big emitter of CO₂, costs 10 times as much per kilowatt hour as solar.”
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