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 # Ecocentricity Blog: Grid Parity and Other Solar Thoughts

 


 

 Jul 6, 2016 10:00 AM ET

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[Grid Parity and Other Solar Thoughts](http://www.raycandersonfoundation.org/articles/grid-parity-and-other-solar-thoughts)

**Grid parity is when new solar and wind farms cost less than new natural gas power plants, even without subsidies. And we might already be there.**

More Flipboarding! This time, I stumbled across this [article](https://flipboard.com/topic/cleantechnology/big-solar-is-leaving-rooftop-systems-in-the-dust/a-9u__JZPgQCKwvL2MClWUtA%3Aa%3A773461103-3103b3a58c%2Freuters.com). It’s worth a read, and it prompted me to offer some other thoughts on where things stand with solar. Three thoughts, in particular.

First, the article didn’t mention the term “grid parity” explicitly, but it should have. If you aren’t familiar with the term, let me explain a bit.

[**Read more.**](http://www.raycandersonfoundation.org/articles/grid-parity-and-other-solar-thoughts)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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