The solar industry in the U.S. is primed to grow and survive even without the need for subsidy support, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has said this week. With the price of solar having fallen dramatically over the past few years, Moniz believes that the cost of electricity from rooftop solar arrays could fall to $0.06/kWh in some U.S. states very soon - a situation that would make solar "extremely competitive" with fossil fuel-based power generation sources. Democrats in Congress are pulling hard for an extension ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...