Comment on The momentum of the solar energy transition
Antitoxic9087@slrpnk.net 1 year agoI mean I understand this is modeling a pathway with no further climate policy, but still wind being second cheapest option should gain more share.
Comment on The momentum of the solar energy transition
Antitoxic9087@slrpnk.net 1 year agoI mean I understand this is modeling a pathway with no further climate policy, but still wind being second cheapest option should gain more share.
shasta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I think the assumption is that since they are large and but the first most cost efficient, it doesn’t make sense to increase its share. Why not just put more solar instead?
Antitoxic9087@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I see from this paper that compared with Way et al. (2022), they introduced “learning in operational costs, rather than only in CAPEX”, which benefits solar and offshore wind, also “solar power and wind energy see a higher learning rate than previous model versions”. So very surprised wind not gaining more.
It is difficult to compare the results of Way et al. (2022) and this paper directly since in the former final and usable energy were reported and here it is electricity that is reported in the text, although from their relative share (both across time and wind / solar at a given time), the conditions for solar is probably more favorable and wind growth is more constrained in this paper.