Cheaper: Solar Energy vs Nuclear Power

Cheap solar energy set to displace n-power

Jan. 28, 2011 - New research has established that sophisticated new solar energy production methods make it far and away the cheapest and least hazardous energy source, certainly cheaper and safer than nuclear power.

The latest findings come through research by a British market leader in renewable energy production following on from studies at Duke University in Durham, N.C.



The nuclear power generation industry and its various lobbies have successfully campaigned for the nuclear option as the most economical for consumers planning for large increases in demand for electricity.

Outside the United States, too, nuclear power generation has won new friends in recent years despite controversies over nuclear energy's dual use -- the other as a weapon of mass destruction. {continued}