1 GW/day of new capacity (was Seth Potter says SBSP is $240/watt) Forum: SSI-List
Thread: 1 GW/day of new capacity (was Seth Potter says SBSP is $240/watt)
# 22231 byKeith Henson on March 4, 2009, 6:07 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
>> You only get into the interesting range if you are
>> producing upwards of a GW/day of power sats.
>
> Do you suppose that barge-based nuclear power might also get into an interesting cost range if it were produced at upwards of a GW/day?
> http://www.google.com/search?q=nuclear+barge+garwin
of only two sources big enough. But I expect it will be a factor of
ten more expensive than power satellites. I see no reason for power
satellites not go get down into the $800/kW range where nuclear seems
to be in the $8000/kW range.
Keith