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AEI Economist Fumbles Big Time on Cost of Renewables

February 29th, 2012 | by Stephen Lacey

Did you know that the landing on the moon was staged? Or that swallowing seeds will cause fruit to grow in your stomach? Or that the cost of solar power has gone up 63% since 2001? If you are tied to reality, you’d know that all three of these statements are utterly false. And while most people know that the moon landing was real and that seeds don’t grow in your stomach, the last falsity is an easy one to slip by people who don’t follow energy — which is almost everyone. In fact, the installed cost of solar has come down nearly 40% since 2001.


Falling Solar Panel Costs are Great for Buyers, Bad for Producers (sort of)

August 30th, 2011 | by Guest Contributor

A recent industry analysis by Lux Research projects the amount of solar power installed is to grow 15.5 percent per year, but revenues are to stay flat, until 2016. A report from Navigant Consulting discovered that the price of solar panels is down almost 20 percent as of August 2011. The information derived from these two reports show that the consumer is poised to benefit from the price reduction, while manufacturers can expect an almost flat profit margin for the next few years


Common Renewable Energy Myths

April 13th, 2011 | by Nicholas Brown

There are some very widespread and incorrect conceptions about renewable energy sources. I mention and discuss some of the most common ones below


Cost of Solar Power Competitive with Coal Some Places, & Dropping Fast

April 7th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan

At Bloomberg New Energy Finance's annual conference in New York this week, industry executives and representatives indicated that solar power installations are going to continue growing rapidly and the cost of solar, which may soon be competitive with the cost of coal in general, is low enough in some regions that it is already competing with coal



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