Higgins intends to attach to the line 200 megawatts (peak output) of windmills, ostensibly generating electricity at a cost of 7 cents a kilowatt-hour, and has contracted to buy all the output of a 65-megawatt solar plant that would be an eco-loss-leader costing 25 cents per kwh.

FORBES: Lighting Las Vegas

Over the past half of a decade or so, the cost of generating electricity has plunged as the result of sluggish economic growth and a glut of dirt cheap natural gas.

FORBES: Connect

Energy expert and occasional FORBES columnist Peter Huber has noted, "Pooling supply and demand nationwide will cut the average cost of generating electricity by 30% to 50%, " thereby making feasible green dreams of more electric vehicles.

FORBES: Magazine Article

He thinks it might be used to cut the cost of hooking villages up to local electricity-generating plants, or to subsidise the prices charged.

ECONOMIST: So what was achieved by ten days of talking?

"The Eco Park will help us to treat food and household waste in a more cost effective and environmentally friendly way, while generating green electricity from rubbish that can't be recycled, " he said.

BBC: Artist's impression of recycling centre