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What happened to solar becoming cheaper than coal? I thought we were close. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-01/cheaper-solar-in-india-prompts-
by melling 9y ago
What happened to solar becoming cheaper than coal? I thought we were close.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-01/cheaper-solar-in-india-prompts-rethink-for-more-coal-projects https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-01/cheaper-s...
Natural gas is cheaper than coal in the US:
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/articles/2017-03-09/abundant-cheap-natural-gas-is-the-real-reason-for-the-demise-of-coal https://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/article...
- sfifs 9y agoTwo words - "base load". In developing economies, sufficient base load power doesn't exist. Solar and Wind do nothing at scale when a stable base load power supply doesn't exist. SolarCity is experimenting with batteries powered by intermittent power supply in small islands but nothing at scale really exists a practical proven tech. Natural gas requires high security LNG terminal infra if you're not a producer
- thriftwy 9y agoI imagine it's much harder to quickly prop up solar generation than it's to build a few coal plants. You would need some backbone before you can add solar on top (e.g. what happens at night?)