concentrated solar power

2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 13, 2024 by John Woolard · across every show →

Everything said about concentrated solar power, oldest first

Nov 13, 2024 bearish
Disclosure
Woolard: BrightSource leadership concluded CSP was no longer competitive in 2012
“That's when we basically said, we can no longer win game. We are no longer competitive. And that was a different message. We'd said, well, maybe you could, and you could sell in different attributes. But at that point, we said, this is no longer a competitive …”
John Woolard Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 22:49 Why concentrated solar couldn’t compete
Nov 13, 2024 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Woolard: BrightSource's power tower design cut solar thermal costs by ~40%
“It reduced, it was about a 40% cost reduction from the design alone.”
John Woolard Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 5:46 Why concentrated solar couldn’t compete
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