Solar has got cheaper faster than even its most optimistic forecasters expected.

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optimism Expecting things to go well: whether it is what gets things built, or a bias that forecasts keep paying for.

On the topicHow cheap does solar get, and what does that change?under our view: The price falls a fixed amount with every doubling, and it has not stopped On the topicWhy be optimistic?under our view: The world is doing better than people feel, and pessimistic forecasts keep losing

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Casey Handmer 11 Oct 2023 Physicist, formerly at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory A number of commentators have consistently predicted that solar cost improvements will level out “this year” since about 1990, and yet if anything deployment, cost decline, and the learning rate have only improved. Radical Energy Abundancecaseyhandmer.wordpress.com · 11 Oct 2023 All 7 korrents from this piece

Their wordsA number of commentators have consistently predicted that solar cost improvements will level out “this year” since about 1990, and yet if anything deployment, cost decline, and the learning rate have only improved.

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↗Radical Energy Abundancecaseyhandmer.wordpress.com

11 Oct 2023

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Ramez Naam 14 May 2020 Author and clean-energy investor who has been publishing… In short solar prices have dropped faster and lower than almost anyone has expected. Solar's Future is Insanely Cheap (2020)rameznaam.com · 14 May 2020

Their wordsIn short solar prices have dropped faster and lower than almost anyone has expected.

↗Solar's Future is Insanely Cheap (2020)rameznaam.com
14 May 2020

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