New University of Calgary research finds the cost of wind and solar power has dropped dramatically and is now on par with natural gas. "From 10 years ago, solar prices have dropped by 90 per cent. Now, the cost to produce electricity from solar and wind has gone down due to improvements and efficiencies in the technology. "It's a little different on the solar versus the wind front, but solar really has been the scale-up in manufacturing," Shaffer said. They only get solar power when the sun is shining, wind power when the wind is blowing," he said.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2020 23:37 UTC