Shedding Light on Solar
Why is it so expensive? What subsidies are available? And answers to other questions for the perplexed.
The idea of solar power sounds so simple. And it seems like it should be cheap compared to other sources of energy. After all, the sun is there, and it's free.
But despite federal and some state government subsidies that have helped push up demand, solar power still accounts for less than 1% of power generation in the U.S. That's because even with subsidies, solar power remains expensive compared with energy based on traditional fuels like coal ...
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