Over 90% of global renewable power projects are now cheaper than fossil fuels. Solar power costs 41% less than the cheapest fossil fuel option, and onshore wind is under half the price.
Over 90% of global renewable power projects are now cheaper than fossil fuels. Solar power costs 41% less than the cheapest fossil fuel option, and onshore wind is under half the price.
The transition from The Fossil Fuel Age to the Renewables Age continues apace. It's worth noting solar, wind and batteries have years more price falls ahead. In the 2030s, country after country will have near 100% renewables powered grids.
World on brink of climate breakthrough as fossil fuels ‘run out of road’, UN chief says
We still need to install a large diversity and amount of energy storage though. But good to see. Too bad AI is gonna set us back years in the transition.
Part of the problem with a for-profit energy grid. Base load is always someone else's problem. The spread between production cost and retail sale is all I really care about.
We're going to have these enormous commitments to new energy infrastructure and then someone on Wall Street sneezes, equity prices crash, and now you've got mountains of surplus hardware to clean up.
Zuckerberg wants a data center as big as Manhattan Island just a few years after he sank billions in his failed Metaverse experiment.
But hey! Remember to separate your recyclables! We need to do something to help the planet.
This mentality is incredibly irritating. There is no silver bullet of any sort that is going to solve our many environmental issues. The actual solution is going to be an accumulation of thousands of small "meaningless" actions. So quit with the nihilistic bullishit.