Climate Changed
Wind and Solar Got So Cheap Other Green Ideas Were Left Behind
- Panels and turbines receiving 93% of 2018 global investment
- As prices fall, ‘why should you bother with anything else?’
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Wind and solar power have gotten so cheap that other forms of renewable energy have been relegated to science labs and the dustbins of history.
As wind turbines and solar farms sprout around the world, investments in other technologies that produce power -- from waves, geothermal steam pockets, rivers, biomass and more -- have dropped off a cliff. Even those gleaming mirrors in the desert that focus sunshine onto thermal generators can’t compete on price with photovoltaic panels, and they probably never will.