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Why We Are Here => Economics & Investing => Topic started by: rcjordan on April 28, 2016, 07:36:45 PM

Title: I Was Wrong About the Limits of Solar, PV Is Becoming Dirt Cheap.
Post by: rcjordan on April 28, 2016, 07:36:45 PM
Decent article summarizing much of what's been flowing through my reader lately

http://electrek.co/2016/04/28/i-was-wrong-about-the-limits-of-solar-pv-is-becoming-dirt-cheap/
Title: Re: I Was Wrong About the Limits of Solar, PV Is Becoming Dirt Cheap.
Post by: ergophobe on April 28, 2016, 08:21:38 PM
Great episode on Planet Money about falling prices for a home install.

Two main reasons
- overproduction in China
- refined installation process that means it takes 1/4 (maybe less) as much time to install as a few years ago.

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/04/10/398811199/episode-616-how-solar-got-cheap