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Re:Wind now competes with fossil fuels, and solar almost does by toomuchtodo on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:14PM (#10362990)
>Solar and wind power sources will never replace base-load coal/gas plants until we can solve that problem. Battery technology doesn't solve this problem yet.

It's already being done in Hawaii:

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/hawaii-co-op-solarcity-ink-d...

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Re:Wind now competes with fossil fuels, and solar almost does by gwright on Friday October 09, 2015 @07:36PM (#10363848)
An interesting data point but:

From the article: > In the power industry, Hawaii is commonly considered a "test case" for new renewable energy technologies because its power prices — the highest in the nation — have made cutting-edge resources cost-effective on the islands before they reach that point on the mainland.

So not directly applicable, right now, in most other locations.

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