# Solar energy is even cheaper than you think

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Countdown: Overcoming Dilemmas in the Green Transition
- Speaker: Jenny Chase
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jenny_chase_solar_energy_is_even_cheaper_than_you_think)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How prevalent is solar power, really? According to researcher Jenny Chase, it's already displacing fossil fuels in key energy markets around the world. She explains the rise of affordable solar power and dives into how her team tracked its rapid installation in unexpected countries, offering a vision of a brighter, more sustainable future.

## Lectures

1. [Solar energy is even cheaper than you think](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jenny_chase_solar_energy_is_even_cheaper_than_you_think/93299d63e048), 9 min (TED's player)