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2019 was half a decade ago. You can tell solar+storage is cheaper than anything else except conditionally wind at least in the US because people have stopped b
by Veedrac 2y ago
2019 was half a decade ago.
You can tell solar+storage is cheaper than anything else except conditionally wind at least in the US because people have stopped building new generation capacity for anything else.
- spywaregorilla 2y agoWell, that claim isn't true. Solar + Storage is cheaper than a gas peaker plant, but it is not cost competitive with a base load gas plant.
- epoxia 2y agoTrue, I didn't realize how much panel costs have declined since then[0]. Also tax incentives for renewables have doubled as well (rightfully so)[1]. [0] https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/chinas-solar-production-costs-fall-by-42-in-last-year/ https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/chinas-solar-producti... [1] https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/ https://www.eia.gov/analysis/requests/subsidy/