Deconstructing Solar Industry Myths: Generally, articles that go by the title “solar myths” are pro-solar pole...

Deconstructing Solar Industry Myths

Deconstructing Solar Industry Myths: Generally, articles that go by the title “solar myths” are pro-solar pole...

Generally, articles that go by the title “solar myths” are pro-solar polemics that seek to assuage the concerns of the layperson about the perceived disadvantages of adopting PV (see here and here for examples). Separate from these, but equally deserving of this unflattering moniker, are a number of oft-repeated claims that have proliferated through the solar industry over the years and whose truth is taken to be self-evident. A few of these require a reasonably nuanced explanation to unravel their illusory veracity, while others are just blatantly untrue. Below, we examine some prime offenders. The Oil-Solar Myth “With oil at $100/$20 per barrel, solar is headed for explosive growth/doomed.” How many times have we heard something of the sort from the mouths or keyboards of otherwise rational human beings? Yet, for all but a fraction of the world, oil is largely a transpor...

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Smart takedown of 3 myths (Oil vs. Solar, Grid Parity, Modules as a commodity) [link] #solar @greentechmedia @EnergyFactCheck
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