Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? (2020)

Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? (2020) by Retric on Sunday February 27, 2022 @05:49AM (#30487102)

I don’t dispute Chinese manufactures on net dropped the price by about 20% vs the rest of the market and additional competition further reduced prices, the issue is solar prices dropped by ~80% from 2009 to now so that 20% isn’t the root cause.

Put another way if they had been 80% cheaper than the rest of the market a 30% US tariff would have been meaningless.

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Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? (2020) by kurthr on Sunday February 27, 2022 @06:32PM (#30494010)

When you don't have to make a profit and your capital investments are staked by state (both local and national), it's easier to invest large amounts in capacity.

That has been true in China.

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