from Hacker News

Solar Power's Decade of Falling Costs Is Thrown into Reverse

by mpsq on 5/24/21, 9:31 PM with 4 comments

• by WheelsAtLarge on 5/24/21, 11:31 PM

  This is good news. Rising prices will bring competition that will ultimately reduce prices and increase performance.

  Silicon is actually the least expensive part of a solar project. Installation plus the other parts are the real costs, easily over 50%. I hope more efficiency is brought to that part of solar power installations.

  Short term it's a problem. Long term I think it's a plus.

• by toomuchtodo on 5/24/21, 10:30 PM

  TLDR Polysilicon and semiconductor shortages.