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Not only would that be very difficult to do, nuclear and coal have had decades of subsidies, giving them quite an unfair head-start. In any case, by 2017 solar
by danielharan 12y ago
Not only would that be very difficult to do, nuclear and coal have had decades of subsidies, giving them quite an unfair head-start.
In any case, by 2017 solar will be at grid parity in most of the US. By 2020 this won't even be a topic.
- msisk6 12y agoIt doesn't seem possible for solar to make that much progress in that short a time. It takes forever to get transmission capacity approved and built to areas where solar is really cost-effective and we still don't have grid-scale energy storage.
- danielharan 12y agoBy grid parity, I meant people would be able to save money by installing it on their rooftops. As for utility-scale, it's also smashing records, but that's a different discussion. $6c/kWh in UAE was a figure that surprised a lot of observers. Regarding storage... solar coincides very well with peak A/C load, so the main use case doesn't require it.