10/2020: Solar is now ‘Cheapest Electricity in History’, confirms IEA

[abu afak]

What was that?
see above

Then you dont know shit, when you claim they are the cheapest

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[abu afak]

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA​

October 2020

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

www.carbonbrief.org

""The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

That is according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020. The 464-page outlook, published today by the IEA, also outlines the “extraordinarily turbulent” impact of coronavirus and the “highly uncertain” future of global energy use over the next two decades....."

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Solar and Wind are thee cheapest energy,

Liar.

 

[elektra]

What was that?
see above


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Solar is subsidized, hence not cheap.

If solar was cheap and a worthwhile investment it would not be subsidized

Further, electric rates are going up, and have been, driven by expensive solar.

As well as being expensive and inefficient solar will give us no electricity 330 pm until 930 am.

 

[elektra]

So cheap is solar it is bankrupt.

Solar industry facing bankruptcies, leaving many with roof panels that don't work

In Compton, Angela Dorsey's 83-year-old mother had panels installed on her home's roof, but they aren't producing any power and payment is due.

www.google.com

The solar industry in California has experienced several high-profile bankruptcies including one of its largest producers, Petersen Dean.

Now, another local solar company has shuttered, leaving homeowners with unfinished systems on roofs that aren't producing any power, not saving money on utility bills, and often there's still the financing of the equipment and installation that the customer is responsible for.

 

[elektra]

Solar is so cheap, if you Google it, but most of us deal with this thing called reality

The Complete List of Solar Bankruptcies and Business Closures

2023 has brought immense challenges, with higher interest rates, tighter financing, and adverse policy shifts which have contributed to solar bankruptcies.

www.solarinsure.com

Major Solar Contractors That Went Out of Business in 2023​

Major Solar Bankruptcies include:

• Pink Energy – Multiple States
• MC Solar – Modern Concepts – Florida
• Harness Power – California
• NM Solar Group – New Mexico
• ASA – American Solar Advantage – California
• Kuubix Energy – California
• Erus Energy – Arizona
• Infinity Energy (Pending) – California

Additional California Companies that have closed:

• Enver Solar – CA
• GCI Solar – CA
• Green Nrg – CA
• Polar Solar – CA
• Solar Advantage – CA
• RGS Energy – CA
• Solar Spectrum – CA
• United Solar Inc. – CA

Other States:

• 3D Solar – Florida
• AAA Certified Solar – Nevada
• Accept Solar – MA
• ACE Solar Systems – AZ
• Arizona Solar Concepts – AZ
• Code Green Solar – NJ
• EcoMark Solar – CO
• Envirosolar – TX
• Gulf South Solar – LA
• Moxie Solar – IA
• Refresh Energy Group – CO
• Saveco Solar – UT
• Solar Is Freedom – OH
• SolarDot – FL
• Solarworks – AZ
• Solular, LLC – NJ
• Utah Solar Group – UT
• Verisolar – TX
• Voltage Solar Power – FL
• Zenernet – AZ

 

[elektra]

Damn, my list is far from complete

The Business Journals
https://www.bizjournals.com › news
Once-booming Phoenix solar company ceases operations, files for ...

6 days ago — Solar panel installation company Erus Energy has laid off employees, ceased operations and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Guido Vrola. Amy ...

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA​

October 2020

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA

The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

www.carbonbrief.org

""The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.

That is according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020. The 464-page outlook, published today by the IEA, also outlines the “extraordinarily turbulent” impact of coronavirus and the “highly uncertain” future of global energy use over the next two decades....."

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Liar

 

[Cellblock2429]

Solar is subsidized, hence not cheap.

If solar was cheap and a worthwhile investment it would not be subsidized

Further, electric rates are going up, and have been, driven by expensive solar.

As well as being expensive and inefficient solar will give us no electricity 330 pm until 930 am.

/——/ I can fill my ICE car with gas on a cloudy day, even at night. Talk about diversity.

 

[badger2]

Cost is one penny per mile for electric assist from the grid, and a paid-for solar panel on an ebike takes cost below that amount. Recharging while parked even on overcast days is more intelligent than petroleum addiction bulemia of a finite earth resource.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Cost is one penny per mile for electric assist from the grid, and a paid-for solar panel on an ebike takes cost below that amount. Recharging while parked even on overcast days is more intelligent than petroleum addiction bulemia of a finite earth resource.

How many new nuclear power plants should we build for that EV grid?

 

[elektra]

Cost is one penny per mile for electric assist from the grid, and a paid-for solar panel on an ebike takes cost below that amount. Recharging while parked even on overcast days is more intelligent than petroleum addiction bulemia of a finite earth resource.

Everything a solar panel is made of is finite.

Solar panels can charge an ebike? Sure, about 2 acres.

 

[elektra]

How many new nuclear power plants should we build for that EV grid?

600

 

[badger2]

Everything a solar panel is made of is finite.

Solar panels can charge an ebike? Sure, about 2 acres.

No, just one. It costs $0.25 to charge the battery if grid electricity is used. Fossil fuel is finite: it gets consumed. A panel does not get consumed.

 

[badger2]

How many new nuclear power plants should we build for that EV grid?

The logic of your approach is bulemic and mirrors the illiteracy of capitalist Big Auto. More intelligent to start with one vehicle at a time.

 

[sparky]

A lot's changed since the OP article was written....~S~

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The logic of your approach is bulemic and mirrors the illiteracy of capitalist Big Auto. More intelligent to start with one vehicle at a time.

You think we should burn more fossil fuel to charge the EVs?

 

[badger2]

You think we should burn more fossil fuel to charge the EVs?

Sooner or later the petroleum pimp's drug supply runs out because it's a finite supply. Weaning from this burning addiction is the only intelligent approach while recycling and storage tech evolves. The planet can't sustain such current absurd bulemia.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Sooner or later the petroleum pimp's drug supply runs out because it's a finite supply. Weaning from this burning addiction is the only intelligent approach while recycling and storage tech evolves. The planet can't sustain such current absurd bulimia.

Ok.

How many new nuclear power plants should we build for that EV grid?

 

[elektra]

No, just one. It costs $0.25 to charge the battery if grid electricity is used. Fossil fuel is finite: it gets consumed. A panel does not get consumed.

A panel uses finite resources to be manufactured.

Panels do get consumed, the larger the load the shorter the life span they have.

Solar panels are very much finite and require massive amounts of coal and oil to manufacture.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

A panel uses finite resources to be manufactured.

Panels do get consumed, the larger the load the shorter the life span they have.

Solar panels are very much finite and require massive amounts of coal and oil to manufacture.

Yes, but they produce a bit of unreliable, expensive electricity.