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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by Osiris30 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @11:08AM (#11628852)
True - but it is also following the same cost reduction curve as Solar.

See this for a comprehensive annual survey by Lazard on storage technologies and costs

http://blog.rmi.org/blog_2016_01_21_how_much_does_storage_re...

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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by harterrt on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:33PM (#11630546)
Not sure what you mean by "cost reduction curve". Can you expand?
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Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti... by Gibbon1 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @06:29PM (#11632459)
Every doubling of production tends to result in a percentage decrease in cost. I see numbers for batteries and other technologies of 15-25%
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