José Antonio Rojas Nieto: The Controversial Renewables: the Third

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Let us insist – in this my third note that I had not delivered by mistake – that solar and wind are indispensable to reduce emissions and reduce our worrying dependence on neighboring natural gas. But it is necessary to incorporate them correctly. This requires answering very well what is the real cost of their incorporation. We used to compare technologies for their leveled cost of electricity (LCOE), investment, financing, operation and mainte…