In spite of inflation increasing most prices, the price of solar
power declining. Also in contrast to fossil fuels, the cost of
generating electricity from solar energy is driven by the
infrastructure costs instead of the cost of the natural resource.
Therefore the costs and prices are more stable, particularly for
large-scale electricity generation.
Historically, solar technologies have had high upfront
infrastructure costs but low operating costs. The SunShot program
launched in 2011 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...