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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by Spooky23 on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @08:40PM (#11625380)
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.

Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by sbov on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:58AM (#11626687)
Peak load is actually around 6pm.
Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by eru on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @06:50AM (#11627435)
I guess it depends on country.

Some countries need AC, others need heating.