Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Disruptive: Is solar PV now cheaper than coal?

Here are images from two very different news outlets, "chalk and cheese" as we say in the UK, but with the same message. Solar PV may now be cheaper than coal even without taking negative externalities into account.




http://www.resilience.org/articles/General/2013/04_Apr/disruptive-solar.png 

The first is from Brian McConnell, published in the alternative energy blog Resilience. Click to enlarge.

The second is from the much more conservative Economist.


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