Cost of PV Systems: Expectations and Realities

 I have recently come across several reports each of which has reiterated the fact that the cost of solar PV is plummeting: panels will soon cost less than $1.00/Watt and so will the installed costs (Ramez Naam); it will be cheaper to produce electricity from PV without subsidies than from coal (Mike Halper).  In view of these very encouraging developments, I am left puzzling that NRG Energy is installing a 250-MW PV facility with subsidies of $2.1 billion to cover almost all the costs (that translates to > $6.40/Watt) (NY Times).

Downloads and other links

Here are a few links to downloadable documents, presentations, etc. as well as links to video clips pertaining to A Cubic Mile of Oil.

Topic	Link
Errata	List of Errors in the First Printing
Presentation	Power Point presentation, 2011 CMO Presentation, 2015
Handout	A  one-sheet handout with pertinent facts
Radiation Doses	A Useful Radiation Dose Chart
Future Talk	A conversation about CMO (10 min)
U. Toledo lecture	A public lecture on CMO (60 min)
USGS lecture	Another public lecture (75 min)
Forbes.com	Editorial on our Energy Challenge
Financial Sense Newshour	An in-depth conversation with Jim Puplava
Synopsis	A 3-page article summarizing the book in Energeia