<story><title>Bloomberg Is Throwing $500M at Efforts to Shut Down All U.S. Coal Plants</title><url>https://gizmodo.com/michael-bloomberg-500-million-shut-down-coal-plants-1850861082</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tomp</author><text>@dang the title is wrong. should be&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Michael&lt;/i&gt; Bloomberg Is Throwing $500M at Efforts to Shut Down All U.S. Coal Plants&lt;p&gt;(to avoid confusion with the company)</text></comment>
<story><title>Bloomberg Is Throwing $500M at Efforts to Shut Down All U.S. Coal Plants</title><url>https://gizmodo.com/michael-bloomberg-500-million-shut-down-coal-plants-1850861082</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>thelastgallon</author><text>Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power (CSP) is rapidly getting cheaper: from 9.8¢&amp;#x2F;kWh (2018) to 5.0¢&amp;#x2F;kWh (2030) [1]. With 14 hours of storage, this can take care of baseload.&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.energy.gov&amp;#x2F;eere&amp;#x2F;solar&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2030-solar-cost-targets&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.energy.gov&amp;#x2F;eere&amp;#x2F;solar&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2030-solar-cost-t...&lt;/a&gt;
From Endnotes: All costs quoted here exclude benefits from federal or state tax incentives, such as the Investment Tax Credit.</text></comment>