[ExI] Chernobyl site to become a solar power farm.

[BillK]

Chernobyl A Step Closer To Becoming A Solar Farm
By Irina Slav - May 05, 2017

The wastelands around Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant are
about to begin their transformation into a large-scale solar power
farm, capable of generating half the energy that Chernobyl did.
Eventually, installed solar capacity should reach 1 GW, which would
require US$1.1 billion in investments.

<http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/Chernobyl-A-Step-Closer-To-Becoming-A-Solar-Farm.html>

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This strikes me as remarkably good value for money.

The UK has just agreed to build a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
Designed to produce 3.2 GW, it will take about 10 years to construct
and cost about 39 billion USD (without cost overruns).

It is not a like-for-like comparison, as solar panels need more land
(and Chernobyl land is very cheap) and power storage to cover
night-time,  but still......

BillK