Electricity
from
a
new
wind
farm
costs
A$80
($83)
per
MWh
compared
to
A$143
per
MWh
from
a
new
coal
plant
or
A$116
per
MWh
from
a
new
baseload
gas
plant,
when
fees
paid
on
carbon
emissions
are
included,
finds
research
by
Bloomberg
New
Energy
Finance
(BNEF).
Even
without
the
carbon
price
introduced
by
Australia
last
year,
wind
energy
is
14%
cheaper
than
new
coal
and
18%
cheaper
than
new
gas.
“The
fact
that
wind
power
is
now
cheaper
than
coal
and
gas
in
a
country
with
some
of
the…
