As more solar and wind come onto the grid, prices go down but new questions come up
- Written by Joachim Seel, Scientific Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Solar lowers prices and shifts when daily peak demand hours are.Duke Energy, CC BY-NC-ND
Wind and solar energy are growing rapidly in the U.S. As these energy sources become a bigger part of the electricity mix, their growth raises new questions: How do solar and wind influence energy prices? And since power plants last for decades, what should...
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