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According to that graph, onshore wind has been cheaper than fossil fuels since 1995. What will be different about the next 20 years that this price difference w
by JetSetWilly 4y ago
According to that graph, onshore wind has been cheaper than fossil fuels since 1995. What will be different about the next 20 years that this price difference will suddenly cause a huge surge in adoption, when it has already been cheaper for decades without making a huge impact?
- Kosirich 4y agoI can't answer that and aslo I know people who are "deeper into this", this being energy economics, that can't agree either. The fact is that the bids for offshore wind has been going down for a while now. https://ieefa.org/articles/offshore-wind-prices-fall-new-record-low-latest-uk-auction https://ieefa.org/articles/offshore-wind-prices-fall-new-rec...
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoDo you mean 2005? Have you seen a graph of wind generation? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/wind-generation?tab=chart&yScale=linear https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/wind-generation?tab=chart... For solar it's 2015 that it curved upward: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-energy-consumption?tab=chart https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-energy-consumption?...