Moore’s law doesn’t apply to renewables

Positive feedback loops won’t propel wind and solar down the cost curve indefinitely, study warns

Spectacular cost reductions in wind and solar technologies over the last decade underpinned enthusiastic predictions of renewables devouring fossil fuel market share at an ever-accelerating pace through 2030 and beyond. But the factors required to achieve sustained cost reductions as expressed in Moore’s law do not all apply to energy technologies, acco…