You're getting confused with the output over time and $/MWh.
If a renewable energy source produces 1/3 of it's maximum output over time for less than per MWh than a new coal power station so what? That's what the estimate of the $/MWh was based on, 1/3. It's already been factored in
Dream on and have a chew on this recent Australian fact check!
These projections for new supercritical coal power are higher than the recent prices for newly installed wind power (outlined earlier in the FactCheck) at around $60-70/MWh in current prices over the 20-year contract period (which is similar to a levelised cost).
So, if we look at recent wind power prices and recent price projections for new supercritical coal power, it’s reasonable to say that – as things stand today – wind power would be the cheaper new-build source of electricity.
