No. They are not remotely cost competitive, the data saying otherwise is a case of lying with statistics. Yes, the cost of generating a watt-hour of power fro

No. They are not remotely cost competitive, the data saying otherwise is a case of lying with statistics. Yes, the cost of generating a watt-hour of power from renewables is competitive with fossil fuels. If you could put those watt-hours in a tank somewhere those numbers would work. However, a tank for a watt-hour is called a battery--and storing that watt-hour is going to cost you more than creating it. In practice what happens is that renewables reduce the fuel use by gas plants. You still need just as many gas plants, though, and once you count those costs the renewables are no longer the cheapest.