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Utility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia

Baua Electric

With a forecasted 30% cost reduction by 2030 as cheaper Chinese turbines gain market share, Australia and Southeast Asia stand to benefit from low-cost wind power equipment imports. WoodMac also underscores the growing competitiveness of offshore wind with fossil fuels in APAC.

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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

Green Car Congress

With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh Increases in carbon dioxide concentration along with global surface temperatures are showing a decline in agricultural yields due to climate change. [

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