Question for William Mook

I know that you intend to use CPV system to generate hydrogen rather
than sell electrical energy to the grid. However, I am curious if the
hydrogen end of things didn't pan out, what sort of cost would you
have for kWh? Are there technical issues such as energy storage and
power demand vs. insolation that make selling to the grid impractical
for you? I would think wind energy would have the same issues since
you can't control when the wind blows. Maybe the issue is converting
the DC from you solar system to high voltage AC? You have been
talking about plant costs of $.07 per peak watt, which seems to be way
below any other type of power plant, including coal or gas. Even if
your cost doubled to convert to grid AC it seem you would still be way
ahead of the competition.

I think your plans for hydrogen are exciting, but would a more
straight forward approach for you be to buy some cheap desert land
somewhere between LA and Las Vegas, build a giant CPV farm and just
sell the electricity to the grid? California could certainly use the
power on hot sunny days.
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