Approximately 36.63% of current Chinese coal-fired power plants can be replaced by distributed solar PV projects. From the investment-profit examination, 21.80% of all the investigated cities have a medium or high return. 44.19% of cities can generate moderate returns.
Using the cost crossover algorithm, this paper determines that the running coal plants in 76 cities are at cost-risk from distributed solar PV projects, meaning that these running desulfurized coal-fired power plants can be replaced by distributed solar PV projects with 0–25% cheaper costs.
Therefore, with the lower marginal costs of coal-fired power plants and the higher LCOEs of distributed solar PV, coal-fired power plants in China are much “safer” than those in the US, a fact that also imposes pressure on solar power costs in China. Fig. 10.
To reduce these deaths coal-fired electricity must be eliminated and the results showed that 51,999 American lives could be saved per year by transitioning from coal to PV-powered electrical generation in the U.S. To accomplish this, 755 GW of U.S. PV are needed and the first costs for such an national array are $1.45 trillion.
And in some cities, solar PV generation prices have reached parity with desulfurized coal benchmark (DCB) prices without state subsidies. This is the transition point for Chinese solar PV projects entering the market with zero subsidies. However, the removal or tapering down of state subsidies would depress the prices of solar PV systems [ 19 ].
Solar photovoltaics are now the world’s leading source of new electricity generation. Australian greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. ABS, Author provided The path to dominance by PV and wind. In 2018, PV and wind are likely to comprise 60% of net new electricity generation capacity worldwide. Andrew Blakers/Matthew Stocks, Author provided
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By swapping solar photovoltaics for coal, the US could prevent 51,999 premature deaths a year, potentially making as much as $2.5 million for each life saved.
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