US Solar is getting affordable quicker than expected

For years, one of the big arguments against solar energy is that it’s too expensive for consumers, and can’t compete price-wise with conventional electricity produced by burning fossil fuel in utility plants.

But that may be changing. Two new studies indicate that solar is getting affordable more quickly than expected, and that it’s on track to be as cheap or cheaper than average electricity-bill prices for most of the United States in just two years.

by Patrick J. Kiger

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