How solar energy got so cheap, and why it's not everywhere (yet)
Energy Efficiency February 3rd. 2022, 3:17pmA lot speaks for solar energy. It’s clean, renewable – and now even cheaper than energy from fossil fuels like coal or natural gas. Sounds pretty great, right? But it only makes up a tiny bit of global electricity production. Why don’t we use a lot more of it yet?
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Cost of solar:
https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2020/Jun/IRENA_Power_Generation_Costs_2019.pdf
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-pv-prices?tab=chart&stackMode=absolute&time=1977..latest®ion=World
Solar and wind in global electricity production:
https://yearbook.enerdata.net/renewables/wind-solar-share-electricity-production.html
The duck curve:
https://www.caiso.com/Documents/FlexibleResourcesHelpRenewables_FastFacts.pdf
https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/confronting-duck-curve-how-address-over-generation-solar-energy
Growth of solar energy:
https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020
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