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January 28, 2013

Is Solar Cheaper Than Coal Now Possible?

David Roberts, Grist Magazine


Phys.org

Over time I’ve grown more and more suspicious of stories about breakthrough technologies. I always think back to those heady days of EEStor, the guys who were going to make a battery that would revolutionize grid storage and electric cars alike. “EEStor CEO says game-changing energy storage device coming by 2010”! As you may have noticed, 2010 came and went and the game remains unchanged. . .

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