Cheap as chips! 'Negligible' cost of integrating big solar into UK grid

The Ecologist
Oct 3, 2016, 11:48 am72 pts
A new study shows that the cost of 'integrating' the variable power output of large scale solar PV is surprisingly affordable, writes Oliver Tickell, at just a few pence per unit. Costs will fall further as more wind power, batteries and ever-cheaper solar drive the transition to a 100% renewable power system.

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