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The price of the PV modules only makes up like 1/3 the cost of a utility scale solar installation and like 1/5 the cost of residential installations. A 10-15% i
by jartelt 8y ago
The price of the PV modules only makes up like 1/3 the cost of a utility scale solar installation and like 1/5 the cost of residential installations. A 10-15% increase in module cost will not slow solar adoption that much. The solar train will keep chugging along.
We'll eventually get to a point where we generate 5% of the world's power with solar and people will still underestimate its impact and will still claim its too expensive to scale...
- tomasien 8y agoThis is actually accelerating and there's no real reason it should stop. I think it's going to happen slowly and then all at once.
- syncsynchalt 8y agoWe're already there, now that solar+storage is cheaper than coal. Even my local electricity coop, which sends me climate change denial newsletters every month[1][2], is buying solar. [1] https://ulfheim.net/files/currentwv.pdf https://ulfheim.net/files/currentwv.pdf [2] https://ulfheim.net/files/CurrentWV3.pdf https://ulfheim.net/files/CurrentWV3.pdf
- osmarks 8y agoReally? What's the rest of the cost from?