Predictions for growth in solar energy industry

By artappraiser on Sun, 02/13/2022 - 7:39am |

thread found retweeted by David Wallace-Wells

Global solar growth is truly remarkable

Here's latest @BloombergNEF forecast suggesting it'll top 200GW for the first time this year, roughly double the rate seen in 2018 and quadruple that in 2015

Wow https://t.co/1VUFJ2LSI2
— Simon Evans (@DrSimEvans) February 11, 2022

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https://twitter.com/guillaumefouche/status/1492140897160646658

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No time to dive in, but I'd be a bit skeptical about a huge jump since it had backed off previous hype. But maybe with COVID or changing energy patterns there is more investment. Anyway, always good to double check figures on alternative energy, electric vehicles, global warming, cloned meat...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 02/13/2022 - 11:21am

I do realize that, that is the reason I follow David Wallace Wells on Twitter for coverage of the topic and not a lot of others. With the cavaet that when he retweets something he's merely saying "this is interesting", not necessarily advocating that it's 100% correct.

by artappraiser on Sun, 02/13/2022 - 4:47pm

Good tip. There's various good news+bad news on that they'd - people will tend to grab the bits that reinforce their ideas if course. One issue often ignored is disposing the less efficient solar panels as more efficient goes online. While we panic over nuclear, think of a solar equivalent to plastics in the ocean - yum. Small is Beautiful?

…And zero change in the share of fossil fuel in our total energy consumption, no inflection in CO2 emissions. High time to call out for help :

There might be a reason why all key IPCC scenarios for Paris agreement include massive growth of nuclear. pic.twitter.com/kzUWgYGfse
— idnca (@idnca) February 13, 2022

It’s beautiful. Isn’t it. All green energy. The planet will soon be cover with solar and the world will be perfect. These green projects now cause the largest scars on the earth.. can be seen from space with the naked eye. Isn’t it just beautiful. pic.twitter.com/E2Ym4HrQRY
— CarrJerlee (@CarrJerlee) February 13, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 02/14/2022 - 3:03am

Note photovoltaic efficiency isn't Moore's Law - roughly double efficiency in 25 years, so what's driving things is extreme drop in cost to fabricate, not so much better coverage (though modern designs will be more aesthetic)

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 02/14/2022 - 3:09am

Joe Biden's plans to address climate change faces a serious obstacle:
Joe Biden's protectionist trade policies.https://t.co/EfYJn9gOUz
— reason (@reason) February 14, 2022

by artappraiser on Tue, 02/15/2022 - 10:50pm

Betting on 1 Ohio company, First Solar, kneecapping installations while barely upping domestic production. Is it about human rights or Ohio electoral votes, or a lot of things together?

Though i imagine the energy bills not saved outweigh the domestic jobs created.

https://www.popsci.com/solar-panel-tariff-effects/

https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/02/biden-says-four-more-years...

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 02/16/2022 - 4:27am

Thank you for posting this. I am putting together a presentation for someone interested in the field.

by Orion on Wed, 02/16/2022 - 3:56pm

Interesting tactic here, kinda related in that some are clearly touting solar as a great investment:

Yale, Stanford and MIT’s fossil fuel investments are illegal, students say https://t.co/I1r2NzwdAQ
— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) February 16, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 9:18am

Of course you can't build roads or pour concrete for buildings or make plastics with sun rays - you need petroleum, the same stuff we make gas out of.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 02/17/2022 - 10:30am

Great point.

by Orion on Fri, 02/18/2022 - 11:43am

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