Davis: Midday power prices will consistently crater to negative as solar expands
Michelle Davis · The terawatt era of PV: ‘Solar will be the gas of today’ · Jan 9, 2024 · at 27:27
Michelle Davis, head of global solar at Wood Mackenzie, discusses price cannibalization and market challenges as global solar reaches terawatt scale.
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“You know, more and more solar, the more and more solar that gets installed, the more midday solar prices are just going to crater and, you know, be consistently negative.”
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