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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by noir_lord on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:18PM (#11623422)
> Peak residential power usage is in the evening when solar isn't available.

Assuming it's not a battery backed system, prices on those are dropping (or more correctly remaining stable while capacity slowly climbs).

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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by randyrand on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:35PM (#11623547)
Dropping, but still incredibly expensive compared to the alternatives =( ~doubles the cost of solar.
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