Why are fossil fuels cheaper than renewable energy?

First of all, the price of fossil fuels usually doesn't include externalities like damage to the environment during extraction or production, air pollution and green house gas emissions. read more

Fossil fuels aren't always cheaper than renewables, and the dividing line is moving over time. In places that have to import all energy (islands), renewables are cheaper per kwh. In places with cheap electricity, operating a Leaf or a Tesla is cheaper than an internal combustion engine. read more

The cost of renewable energy is now falling so fast that it should be a consistently cheaper source of electricity generation than traditional fossil fuels within just a few years, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). read more

Clean energy investment broke new records in 2015 and is now seeing twice as much global funding as fossil fuels. One reason is that renewable energy is becoming ever cheaper to produce. read more