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What’s driving sudden flare of solar energy and storage in Colorado? - The Colorado Sun (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FrankLaskey to c/colorado
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"Large [solar] projects across Colorado are being driven by the ongoing shift in the fundamental economics of energy toward cheaper renewables, experts say. Lucrative tax credits and grants from the Inflation Reduction Act pumped in accelerants." via The Colorado Sun

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/21/colorado-renewable-energy-surge-project-growth/

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[–] average650 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indeed, the sun in Colorado does drive solar panels

[–] FrankLaskey 3 points 1 year ago

lol now with 100% link to the article

[–] themeltingclock 1 points 1 year ago

I can’t wait for solar prices to take a bigger bite out of power production. I’d like to put some on my roof and convert to a heat pump, but I’m going to hold off another decade or so and see how cheap and efficient then can get.