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[return to "'Unstoppable force' of solar power propels world to 40% clean electricity"]
1. mellin+pr[view] [source] 2025-04-08 13:43:43
>>belter+(OP)
“ And solar was the fastest-growing electricity source for the 20th year in a row.

It now provides 7% of the world's electricity”

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2. nasmor+3A[view] [source] 2025-04-08 14:31:36
>>mellin+pr
Exponential growth is unintuitive. More than a full percentage point was added last year and that will continue to accelerate. Even the IAE is predicting 14% share by 2030 and they have underestimated solar for the last 10 years now
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3. Gibbon+yG[view] [source] 2025-04-08 15:07:00
>>nasmor+3A
My comment perceptually, exponential growth looks like bring hit by a wall. It's nothing at all until it is. It'll be 1%. And in a while it double. And double a again. And again. And each doubling is the same amount of time between them.

We're close to production of solar and wind exceeding recent growth in energy demand. When that happens it'll start cratering oil and gas demand.

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