- Last October, the International Energy Agency declared solar power to be the cheapest new form of electricity in many places around the world, and in particularly favorable locations, solar is now “the cheapest source of electricity in history,” the agency said.
I don't think it is well-recognized what has happened to the price of solar in the last 10 years.
Aaron Bastani's Fully Automated Luxury Communism highlighed outfits like the Azuri Group, who will lease-to-own some solar panels, a bunch of taplights, a satellite dish and a television for like $20 a month. When economies the size of Nigeria are effectively bypassing any notion of "grid" the premise of large, centralized fossil fuel plants becomes absurd.
Imagine writing an article about Solar and Wind Energy, then not talking about Wind Energy. Smh.
1. bippity : Biden’s commitment to Wind Energy - specifically offshore wind.
2. boppity : The rise of a major player in American Wind Energy
3. blam : USGS’s database of existing WF. Doesn’t account for the rumblings of U.S. offshore windfarms
4. kablooey : Local Texan reaping benefits of converting his oil rigs to wind turbines.