2020-06-05T15:30:02+00:00

Report shows: Costs for solar energy have dropped 82% since 2010

Solar panels at the top of Mt Tripylos, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus Credit: Michal Klajban (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0)

The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) has published a report called "Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019". The organization concludes that "Since 2010, the cost of energy has dropped by 82% for photovoltaic solar, by 47% for concentrated solar energy (CSP), by 39% for onshore wind and by 29% for wind offshore".

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Source: pv-magazine.com

Source: irena.org

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