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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


EY said in its latest energy and resources report that 86%, or 187 GW, of newly commissioned renewable energy resources generated electricity at a cost lower than the average cost of fossil fuel generation in 2022.

Solar is the cheapest new-build electricity in many markets, even amid inflation and price rises, said EY, noting that the global weighted average LCOE for solar is now 29% lower than the cheapest fossil fuel alternative.

EY forecasts that solar and wind will become the global baseload electricity source.

Solar-generated power will become the biggest source of energy in countries such as the US, and those in Oceania and South Asia, driven by technologies around solar PV modules advancing at rapid pace,” said EY.

Particularly in the United States, a backlog of grid interconnection applications is causing delays, cancellations, and large incurred costs.

In a survey of more than 70,000 global consumers, EY found that sentiment towards residential solar adoption is strong.


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[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Levelized using which interest / discount rate ? As I understand, wind-power has recently been hit by high interest rates (which is relatively worse for renewables with high capital outlay yet low running costs).

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is a global study, so financing costs are different between countries. For example Chinas interest rate is at 10 year low right now. China also happens to be the largest market for renewables. In Europe fossil fuels are above average inflation numbers, so the high interest rate is made not that important as fossil fuels prices have risen that much faster. Indian prime interest rate is at about average right now. Japans interest rate is even negative right now.

Really it is USD which has a high interest rate right now, where it matters and it is bad.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Should be so, hope you are right (didn't find rates in the pdf). However, these are all temporary, can change a lot on the timescale of such investment. I recall Brazil had a development bank with special rates to get around this problem, but that way is potential source of corruption. Chinese economy is also unstable. Need a risk model. Although not perfect foresight - that's only a concept of IAMs - real investment made by people acting on promising trends then retiring.