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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by vivacious on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:23AM (#28365202)
Aren't renewables heavily subsidised?
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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by Gwypaas on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:53AM (#28365430)
The LCOE of unsubsidized newbuilt renewables are currently getting below the marginal cost of existing nuclear and fossil infrastructure.

https://www.lazard.com/media/451446/grphx_lcoe-07-07.jpg

From:

https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-...

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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by deepnotderp on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:06AM (#28365514)
This assumes that for some reason you don’t need electricity at night
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Re:More wind energy was installed in 2020 than any other ene... by adrianN on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:36AM (#28365728)
It also assumes that your fossil power plants are free.
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