Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months
by Spooky23 on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @08:40PM
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That's a good thing. Peak power usage is midday, so providing additional supply at that time avoids the need to site new plants, which costs millions or billions of dollars.
It also makes coal less economical and makes gas plants, which are cleaner and safer to operate more economical.
It also makes coal less economical and makes gas plants, which are cleaner and safer to operate more economical.