At Bestway Cement's plant in Chakwal, Pakistan, solar already supplies more than a quarter of the electricity used to make cement. The company has 26MW installed and...
  • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    For reference, 100W panels were running 66 cents/W when I did my build in 2023. Larger panels have always been cheaper per watt, but it means prices have dropped by up to 80% in just three years.

  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    1 month ago

    I was recently amazed to discover that you can now buy 10W portable solar chargers that are ACTUALLY portable, and cost like 9 euro
    Feels like yesterday that they were 10x the cost and it took 3 bulky panels to get enough juice that you could maybe theoretically charge your phone if there are no clouds in the sky!