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Can Geothermal Power Compete with Coal on Price?

 

An investment bank report says geothermal energy is now cheaper per kilowatt-hour than coal-derived power. But there are lots of caveats

By Christopher Mims

 

Although the environmental benefits of burning less fossil fuel by using renewable sources of energy—such as geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind—are clear, there's been a serious roadblock in their adoption: cost per kilowatt-hour.

 

Can Geothermal Power Compete with Coal on Price?: Scientific American

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