Solar Power

[andrewducker]

Should reach grid parity in Italy next year, most of Europe by 2020 and the UK by 2030.

That's assuming trends continue as they currently are.  Which is something that never happens.

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[drplokta]

Grid parity isn't good enough to make solar photovoltaic economic, as when the sun is out during the day you will generate more power than you use, so you either need to store it (pushing up the price and thus the point of grid parity) or sell it (in which case you need wholesale parity, not grid parity).

[johncoxon.livejournal.com]

Is grid parity where it produces enough energy to meet the current production of the National Grid, just not all necessarily at the right time?