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Building new renewables is now cheaper than just running old coal and nuclear plants

by Futures Centre, Nov 23
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New study reaches a stunning conclusion about the cost of solar and wind energy

In one of the fastest and most astonishing turnarounds in the history of energy, building and running new renewable energy is now cheaper than just running existing coal and nuclear plants in many areas. A widely-used yearly benchmarking study – the Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE) from the financial firm Lazard Ltd.

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