Climate Letter #816

Putting proper perspective on the declining cost of solar energy.  This post is full of information that helps one understand exactly where solar energy stands as it competes with other sources of energy.  It’s quite good, but would be even better if it did more to highlight the extra cost of whatever it takes to provide availability for 24 hours a day, which also affects wind but not most other sources of power.  The key fact is that the cost of production for solar is coming down very, very fast.  That is also true of associated storage technologies.

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A frustrating problem for certain highly efficient perovskite solar cells.  Their commonly observed  unfavorable rate of degradation while in service has not been solved, and may not even be fixable as long as the cells are made of material that includes compounds containing iodine.  This is a new discovery which will redirect research but not end it.
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Current weather conditions in Mongolia are disastrous.  This region in the center of Asia is a mirror image of the balmy conditions farther north.  There is freakishly bitter cold and heavy snow over a wide area, making it almost impossible for livestock to survive.  Life in the city also has big problems.
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A message from a minority branch of scientific thinking—a new “Little Ice Age” has started.  This is the theme of a new report issued by the prestigious Russian Academy of Science, based on signs of reduced solar radiation.  Conventional beliefs in greenhouse gas effects and a prospect of global warming are fully discounted at this institution.  We will probably be hearing more about this from persons in the US, including Donald Trump, who are seeking new forms of expert confirmation for favored government policies.
Carl

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