Fact-check: “Solar power is now cheaper than coal in most countries”
Verdict: Mostly True (72% confidence)
The strongest institutional evidence — IRENA's 2024 cost report, peer-reviewed analysis in Nature Communications, and Carbon Tracker data — consistently shows that new utility-scale solar undercuts new coal in the vast majority of major markets and across global weighted averages, with solar's global LCOE at roughly $0.043/kWh against significantly higher coal costs. The main qualification is that no single primary source directly tabulates a country-by-country census confirming solar beats coa…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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