The costs for electricity generated by solar and wind technologies is cheap and getting cheaper, a report released Wednesday by an international group said. With the right policies in place, the International Renewable Energy Agency said the cost for solar and wind could drop by as much as 59 percent by the middle of the next decade. Already, the price for solar installations fell by 80 percent and 30 percent for wind since 2009. Adnan Amin, the IRENA’s director-general, said cost has in the past been one of the main barriers to shifting away from fossil fuels toward low-carbon alternatives. “To continue driving the energy transition, we must […]