Solar module prices reached a new low this week, says Leen van Bellen, business development manager Europe for Search4Solar, a European purchasing and selling platform for solar products. He tells pv magazine that prices will remain low in the short term.
  • humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    7 months ago

    I don’t know that processing silicon is a polluting activity. There is heat involved, and some Chinese producers are 100% solar powered for their processing. Though I’m sure bulldozers or shipps/trucks are involved in obtaining sand.

    I’m not a fan of any appeals to gatekeep energy use to “just essentials” instead permitting growth that people want, and cleaning up the energy use involved.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      I’m not a fan of any appeals to gatekeep energy use to “just essentials” instead permitting growth

      There’s a huge gulf between essential and wasteful.