India: solar head to head with coal, says KPMG, and getting cheaper all the time

The Ecologist
Jan 2, 2016, 4:43 pm103 pts
A KPMG study shows that the cost of solar power in India, revealed by public auctions, is barely half a cent above that of cheap local coal , writes Chris Goodall, with generators bids falling well below 5p (UK) / 7¢ (US) per kWh. The idea put about at COP21 that India and other poor but sunny countries need…

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