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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/b...-win-on-price-vs-conventional-fuels.html?_r=2
According to a study by the investment banking firm Lazard, the cost of utility-scale solar energy is as low as 5.6 cents a kilowatt-hour, and wind is as low as 1.4 cents. In comparison, natural gas comes at 6.1 cents a kilowatt-hour on the low end and coal at 6.6 cents. Without subsidies, the firm’s analysis shows, solar costs about 7.2 cents a kilowatt-hour at the low end, with wind at 3.7 cents.
Looks like a number of posters here cannot read. 3.7 cents a kilowatt is a lot cheaper than 6.1 or 6.6 cents a kilowatt. And neither wind nor solar has externalities like childrens asthma.
According to a study by the investment banking firm Lazard, the cost of utility-scale solar energy is as low as 5.6 cents a kilowatt-hour, and wind is as low as 1.4 cents. In comparison, natural gas comes at 6.1 cents a kilowatt-hour on the low end and coal at 6.6 cents. Without subsidies, the firm’s analysis shows, solar costs about 7.2 cents a kilowatt-hour at the low end, with wind at 3.7 cents.
Looks like a number of posters here cannot read. 3.7 cents a kilowatt is a lot cheaper than 6.1 or 6.6 cents a kilowatt. And neither wind nor solar has externalities like childrens asthma.