Cost of Solar/Wind

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THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE
SOLAR/WIND BOTH AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE

What is the Cost of ONE MONTH of battery storage equal to one month's fossil fuel electrical generation which would be required to cover worst case of winter electrical needs when we have a rare lack of wind plus dark days with power generated during summer months:

Approximately TWICE TOTAL USA GDP using 2035 storage cost estimate

Of course we could cut this in half to only about the total USA GDP by assuming that only 2 weeks of storage is needed!

THIS SHOWS THAT THERE IS NO (currently known, proven) WAY TO MAKE SOLAR/WIND BOTH AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE.

Also see the electricity cost page

HERE'S HOW WE GOT THAT NUMBER PLUS a 2050 ESTIMATE:

COST:

Figure ES-2 shows the overall capital cost for a 4-hour battery system based on those projections, with storage costs of
$147/kWh, $243/kWh, and $339/kWh in 2035 and
$108/kWh, $178/kWh, and $307/kWh in 2050 (values in 2024$).
from: https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy25osti/93281.pdf|
We used the middle estimates.

ENERGY:

ONE month's electric Net Generation (Million kWhr).
(Jan 2025 was chosen as the latest data covering a high consumption winter month.)

Coal………… 83,153
petro…………   3,289
nat gas……… 157,040
other fossil…..     1,103
       sum...........244,585 (Million kWhr)
from: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec7_5.pd

Calculation using 2035 median estimated cost in 2024 dollars:

244,585e6 kWh x , $243/kWh = 5.94e13 = 59.4e12 TRILLION , almost DOUBLE the 2025 USA GDP of $31 TRILLION

Calculation using 2050 median estimated cost in 2024 dollars:

244,585e6 kWh x $178/kWh(mid. est. 2050) = 4.35e13 = 43.5e12 (TRILLION in 2050), 1,4 times today's USA GDP

Other energy sources for perspective:
Nuclear…..   71,739
Hydro…….   21,429
Solar……..    15,428
Wind……..    43,612
also from: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec7_5.pd