The former head of Germany's Fraunhofer ISE said in an interview with Spiegel that, although the proposed U.S. border wall should reach a length of only 3,000 kilometers, this would be enough to build a huge PV installation. With solar LCOE ranging from $0.03 to $0.05/KWh the PV plant could be amortized in five to six years.U.S. President Donald Trump announced in his electoral campaign that he wanted to build a wall along the nation's southern border with Mexico. After the election, discussions began on how the project could be financed. At a recent meeting in Iowa, Trump said that solar modules could be installed at the wall, and that this would effectively cover the cost of the construction works.
Eicke Weber, who is the former head of Germany's solar energy research institute Fraunhofer ISE and whom now works ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...