If you only read one article on solar this month, make it this one.

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UBS: Boom in unsubsidised solar PV flags energy revolution
By Giles Parkinson on 23 January 2013

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According to analysts from the global investment banking giant UBS, the arrival of socket parity – where the cost of installing solar is cheaper than grid-sourced supplies – is about to cause a boom in un-subsidised solar installation in Europe, and the energy market may never be quite the same again.

Such forecasts have long been the province of environmentalists, climate activists, university researchers, and the occasional industry leader, such as David Crane, the head of NRG, the largest generator of electricity in the US.

Now, the team of energy analysts from UBS, writing in response to plunging power prices in Europe, has issued a stunning report entitled “The unsubsidised solar revolution” – suggesting that investing in solar will become a “no brainer” for households in several European countries, and will have profound implications for the incumbent energy industry. ...

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/112746321

[IrishAyes]

1. Took me awhile to get to this, but I bookmarked it on discovery

I earnestly hope to address the possibility of going off grid here in this remote corner of the MidWest before too many more years. Then the locals will be convinced I'm crazy, but so what? That's news??? I wish they'd hurry up and miniaturize bloom boxes for the residential market.