{"id":28784,"date":"2026-04-12T04:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/04\/12\/how-solar-power-got-so-cheap-abc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:47:53","slug":"how-solar-power-got-so-cheap-abc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/04\/12\/how-solar-power-got-so-cheap-abc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How solar power got so cheap | ABC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-R_mku2rUsQ?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The rise of solar power shows no sign of slowing down, with the International Energy Agency predicting it will overtake coal as the world\u2019s biggest source of electricity next year. Behind its success is a little-known Australian inventor. Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.co\/3yqPOZ5\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ab.co\/3yqPOZ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>0:00 Solar panels are everywhere now<br \/>1:05 Inventor of the modern solar panel<br \/>1:37 History of solar technology<br \/>4:05 PERC solar cells<br \/>4:58 Chinese manufacturing<br \/>7:21 Martin Green&#8217;s contributions<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you&#8217;ll find our long-form journalism and other videos to help you understand what&#8217;s going on in the world around you.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.co\/2OB7Mk1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ab.co\/2OB7Mk1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more from ABC News, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.co\/2kxYCZY\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ab.co\/2kxYCZY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NewsOnABC\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NewsOnABC<\/a><br \/>Like ABC News on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/abcnews.au\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/abcnews.au<\/a><br \/>Follow ABC News on Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/abcnews_au\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/abcnews_au<\/a><br \/>Follow ABC News on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.<\/p>\n<p>#ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of solar power shows no sign of slowing down, with the International Energy Agency predicting it will overtake coal as the world\u2019s biggest source of electricity next year. Behind its success is a little-known Australian inventor. Subscribe: https:\/\/ab.co\/3yqPOZ5 0:00 Solar panels are everywhere now1:05 Inventor of the modern solar panel1:37 History of solar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":28785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4788,90340,1678,3933,90345,38100,53,1875,10579,39,90346,90347,26314,90350,36,90341,90342,1143,31,90348,117,55,29,11997,32,770,90343,90344,90349],"tags":[4772,90329,1657,3913,90334,38091,26,1845,10567,12,90335,90336,26303,90339,9,90330,90331,1129,4,90337,60,28,2,11983,5,755,90332,90333,90338],"class_list":["post-28784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-news","category-abc-news-indepth","category-australian-news","category-china","category-chinese-manufacturing","category-documentaries","category-electricity","category-energy","category-energy-transition","category-green-energy","category-history-of-solar","category-history-of-solar-panels","category-how-solar-cells-work","category-how-solar-is-so-cheap","category-how-solar-panels-work","category-long-form-journalism","category-martin-green","category-photovoltaic","category-renewable-energy","category-renewable-transition","category-solar","category-solar-cells","category-solar-energy","category-solar-panel-manufacturing","category-solar-panels","category-solar-pv","category-unsw","category-unviersity-of-nsw","category-why-solar-is-so-cheap","tag-abc-news","tag-abc-news-indepth","tag-australian-news","tag-china","tag-chinese-manufacturing","tag-documentaries","tag-electricity","tag-energy","tag-energy-transition","tag-green-energy","tag-history-of-solar","tag-history-of-solar-panels","tag-how-solar-cells-work","tag-how-solar-is-so-cheap","tag-how-solar-panels-work","tag-long-form-journalism","tag-martin-green","tag-photovoltaic","tag-renewable-energy","tag-renewable-transition","tag-solar","tag-solar-cells","tag-solar-energy","tag-solar-panel-manufacturing","tag-solar-panels","tag-solar-pv","tag-unsw","tag-unviersity-of-nsw","tag-why-solar-is-so-cheap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}