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Solar PV – it’s cheaper than you think
It’s time to drop the idea that solar energy is expensive. A new report says Solar PV is already cost competitive with fossil fuels, including in Australia, but metrics such as ‘grid parity’ have only served to mislead and confuse customers, politicians, and even the energy industry itself. -
Biofuels: Have the Republicans gutted green fuel?
A US House vote to impose a ban on the US Defense Department from making or buying alternative fuels more costly than ‘traditional fossil fuels’ would not only scuttle one of the Navy’s top priorities, it could mortally wound the struggling biofuel industry, which was looking to the Pentagon to help it survive. -
Nuclear industry finds new plants are not so cheap
The nuclear industry in the UK is reeling from reports of more cost blow-outs and delays. A leading analyst says the cost of new-build nuclear may end up being three to four times the current cost of energy in the UK and may be ‘impossible’ to finance. In the US, cost increases are causing similar concerns.
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