▲ 306 ▼ Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, UN report shows (www.euronews.com) submitted 7 months ago by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/energy@slrpnk.net 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) By price, obviously! /s (but a little bit not /s?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I mean, sure, but it’s comparing $ per kWh vs $ per kW Edit: To be clear, I do understand that consumer pricing is kWh across the board. My point is that the producer side for solar doesn’t actually scale per hour the way it does for fossil fuels. So while $/kWh is a convenient metric to shove renewables into the existing market, it kinda stacks the deck in favor of fossil fuels. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I mean, sure, but it’s comparing $ per kWh vs $ per kW Edit: To be clear, I do understand that consumer pricing is kWh across the board. My point is that the producer side for solar doesn’t actually scale per hour the way it does for fossil fuels. So while $/kWh is a convenient metric to shove renewables into the existing market, it kinda stacks the deck in favor of fossil fuels. permalink fedilink source parent