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[Michael]

Here's a good use for a coal fired power plant:

Dishergarh Power Supply (DPSC) started operations at the first solar farm plant to be connected to the electric grid in India.

The 2-megawatt solar farm in West Bengal, was constructed where an abandoned 6-MW coal-based thermal power plant once stood. DPSC has installed 9,000 230-watt crystalline solar modules on the 8 acre site.

Hopefully we'll see more of this kind of thing happening

[Radical Larry]

Was wondering if I could find any info about whether any existing equipment from the coal station was reused, didn't find much but here's a couple of links:

http://www.cleantech.com/news/5031/india-connects-first-solar-power-pl
http://www.india-server.com/news/indias-first-grid-connected-solar-power-12793.html

From the second one:

Built on the DPSC land, the net capital expenditure of the project is Rs 34-35 crore. With the expected average revenue of Rs 4.8 crore per annum, an additional 97 paisa/unit can be earned by WBGEDC via the carbon credits sales accrued by this initiative.

Seven-eight year pay back period sounds pretty good. Anyone know how this compares to your average coal/gas station?