Its already cheaper to use solar to cover peak load and wind to cover some peak and some base load.
Problem is that pesky base load. Right now coal and natural gas round out the base load. Hydroelectric too, but hydro only makes up like 6% of the electricity used in the United States, unfortunately.
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