Fact-check: “Solar power is now cheaper than coal in most countries”
Verdict: Mostly True (78% confidence)
The strongest institutional sources — IRENA's 2024 cost report, a World Bank document, and IEA analysis — all confirm that new utility-scale solar is cheaper than new coal-fired generation in the vast majority of countries, with IRENA putting solar's global weighted-average LCOE at $0.043/kWh, 41% below the cheapest fossil-fuel alternative. The key qualification is that the clearest 'most countries' or 'nearly every country' language from primary sources covers renewables broadly, not always so…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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