Fact-check: “Solar power is now cheaper than coal in most countries”
Verdict: Mostly True (72% confidence)
The weight of authoritative evidence — including IEA's World Energy Outlook 2020 (confirmed by Carbon Brief reporting), IRENA data, and multiple recent analyses through 2025-2026 — shows that utility-scale solar LCOE has fallen below coal in most major economies and in the large majority of new energy projects globally. The IEA explicitly stated that solar offers 'the cheapest electricity in history' and is cheaper than coal and gas 'in most major countries.' The qualifier 'most countries' is t…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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