SOLAR POWER CELLS WILL PRODUCE POWER AS CHEAPLY AS FOSSIL FUELS BY 2015: US STUDY
August 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE COST of producing electricity from solar cells will become as cheap as using fossil fuels by 2015, according to a new American study. Research company Clean Edge and sustainability campaigners Co-op America predict improved technology will shrink solar energy costs from today's US$6 per peak watt to just US$1.50 in 2025.
*http://www.cleanedge.com/reports/pdf/USA_Study.pdf
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THE COST of producing electricity from solar cells will become as cheap as using fossil fuels by 2015, according to a new American study. Research company Clean Edge and sustainability campaigners Co-op America predict improved technology will shrink solar energy costs from today's US$6 per peak watt to just US$1.50 in 2025.
*http://www.cleanedge.com/reports/pdf/USA_Study.pdf
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