Here’s an interesting article from the New York Times. Solar is becoming more affordable as capacity comes on line, leading to greater buy-in from the public.
Much of the capacity is coming from the east, which will accelerate when facilities around the Arab world, such as in Abu Dhabi, come on-line. What does this mean for grid parity? What are the long-term implications of this long-term supply boom – does it make it more important than ever before for more investors to join the bandwagon?
- Ara Fernezian, WFES Show Director
So far, inhabitants of the ‘modern’ world have been brought up with only one source of energy, fossil fuel! They even regularly omit to think that there is other more sustainable ways, to answer their energy demand. I do believe that investing in solar energy means investing in the future. As our planet can not cope with our huge energy demand, we need to find alternative solutions and solar energy is set to become part of our future.
Having a cheaper access to solar could trigger a revolution and allow poor countries an easier access to green energy source. This step might also change our whole energy consumption. If we take the European example, countries such as France and Germany are already selling solar panels to households directly. Spain is heavily investing in solar energy and the Basque region is a goood example. Making this source or energy cheaper would definetely help promote green energy and may be make solar our new ‘Green fossil fuel’.