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Report: Solar power now cheaper than nuclear in North Carolina

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From Facing South: While the price of solar photovoltaic systems has been falling for decades, the cost of new nuclear plants has been climbing -- and a historic crossover point has been reached in North Carolina, where solar power is now cheaper than nuclear.

That's the finding of a report by the former chair of Duke University's economics department that was released yesterday by the N.C. Waste Awareness and Reduction Network.

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