Why did renewables become so cheap so fast?

We won’t be able to invent our way out of the climate crisis, but we do have technological advancements on our side. It’s a stunning chart: In a mere decade, solar power went from being the most expensive source of energy to the cheapest. The story of how renewable energy became so cheap, what it has to do with satellites, and what it means for the future.


From Weekly Filet ##328, in December 2020.

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