For the third time in a decade, solar energy pricing records are tumbling in the Persian Gulf. As each previous wave of new records was met with incredulity, only for these prices to become the new normal around the world within a few years, it would be unwise to once again dismiss low prices as unrepresentative outliers. In this study, we show how local conditions and global macroeconomic factors have conspired to bring solar energy into a new regime of extreme affordability in the region and argue that the Gulf market, especially the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, represents the leading edge of the global learning curve and therefore offers a window into the likely near future of large‐scale photovoltaics around the world. As this future increasingly appears to be one of previously unimaginably cheap energy, we conclude with a discussion of the ways in which the region and the world can seek to meet the opportunities and challenges of the coming renewable revolution.

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中东太阳能价格的走势如何，这对我们其他人意味着什么？

十年来，波斯湾地区的太阳能价格记录已连续第三次下跌。由于先前的每一个新记录浪潮都令人难以置信，因此只有这些价格在几年之内成为世界范围内的新常态，再次将低价格视为不具有代表性的异常值是不明智的。在这项研究中，我们展示了当地条件和全球宏观经济因素如何合谋将太阳能带入该地区的极端负担能力的新制度，并认为海湾市场（尤其是阿拉伯联合酋长国和沙特阿拉伯）代表了该地区的领先优势。全球学习曲线，因此为了解世界范围内大型光伏的近期发展提供了一个窗口。随着这种未来越来越成为以前难以想象的廉价能源之一，