13 MW Solar Farm For Camp Lejeune, North Carolina -- July 20, 2015

It took three different google searches to find an article that actually had the estimated cost of this project:

Duke Energy, the nation’s largest electric power holding company, is working with the Navy to build a 13-megawatt solar facility at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in eastern North Carolina, the company’s first solar project at a military installation.

I wonder why?

The project is expected to cost between $25 million and $30 million, and will use monocrystalline solar panels supplied by SolarWorld Americas. GE’s Power Conversion business will supply its Brilliance two-stage Ultra tracking inverters.

$30 million / 13 MW = $2.3 million / MW. 

It will require back up by conventional power plants, but it will make everyone feel better to see those panels "working" every day the sun is shining.

The $2.3 million / MW is right in line with last year's quote:

From an August 25, 2014, post, this is 30-second sound bite for "cost of renewable megawatt":

• Solar: $3 million / MW
• Wind: $2.5 million / MW
• Natural gas: $865,000 / MW