Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
Meeting Minutes - US Department of State
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it's not going to destroy the photovoltaics as well,<br />
maybe the two contractors, maybe one contractor can<br />
put them both in. And when you start looking at the<br />
cost <strong>of</strong> our facilities overseas, a lot <strong>of</strong> it is<br />
driven by the specialty contractors. So, if one<br />
contractor can do both, that cuts the cost<br />
considerably.<br />
With regard to the other question you<br />
asked, I believe we are already seeing one firm<br />
doing NECs with this concept. They are looking at<br />
shipping these things over in containers. Nothing<br />
free floating on the ocean anymore where you're<br />
going to drop something down. It doesn't work<br />
anymore. We're looking at really a conventional<br />
restrictive size based on container sizes. Because<br />
if we can do it in a container, then I don't worry<br />
about it getting dropped at customs or someplace<br />
like that.<br />
Does that help?<br />
MS. SORG: Yes, thank you.<br />
MR. LANGFITT: If I could, one additional<br />
piece to that. From a carbon footprint point <strong>of</strong><br />
view for our equipment, almost all the mechanical<br />
equipment comes from the United <strong>State</strong>s anyway. So<br />
we're just trading the transportation from a<br />
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