http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/16/lower-solar-power-prices-growth-savings-lead-to-reduction-in-arizonans-2012-utility-bills/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/16/lower-solar-power-prices-growth-savings-lead-to-reduction-in-arizonans-2012-utility-bills/#comment-109534 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:02:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33040#comment-109534 Good news, eh?

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/16/lower-solar-power-prices-growth-savings-lead-to-reduction-in-arizonans-2012-utility-bills/#comment-109472 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:10 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33040#comment-109472 Solar is cheaper than the grid in Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, southern California and parts of Texas. In places with high DNI (Direct Normal Irradiance) CPV will become much more prevalent. The best CPV solar cells have gone from 32% in 2000 to 43.5% today. Other advancements on the horizon should get system efficiency past 40% within two year. Some of these may include the Rainbow Concentrator by Sol Solution and low profile concentrator by Morgan Solar As the efficiency goes up and the price goes down, the geographic range where solar is less than the grid will increase.

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