The world’s solar capacity reached 1,419 gigawatts in 2023, way beyond any predictions. 1 gigawatt = power for a medium sized city
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It was predicted.
Just the IEA is a fossil fuel based organisation which cant or didn't want to predict solar taking share from fossil fuel.
@infobeautiful Stories like this help give me hope. Thank you for sharing it.
@infobeautiful shouts out president xi, great work on that one
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I love that chart.
I love that chart.
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People are making the connection between the fossil fuel industry and the loss of democracy, hopefully.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/
The switch to solar & wind means less money going to billionaires funding fascist movements.
https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/23/trump-project-2025-tim-dunn-crownquest-convention-states/
@infobeautiful Thank you giving a sense of what a GW does.
@infobeautiful More than the 1.21 GW needed to get the Delorean back to the future!
@infobeautiful or ~2^10.5 flux capacitors #BackToTheFuture
@infobeautiful do you have a source or link for where this graph came from?
@infobeautiful and we saw the result in Spain.
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damn comma, you meant 1419, i thought you said 1.419
damn comma, you meant 1419, i thought you said 1.419
@infobeautiful When is this going to start showing up in reduced CO2 in the atmosphere?
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and batteries on a similar trajectory but about 3 years(?) behind.
»BloombergNEF says global solar installations could reach 700 GW in 2025, with additions rising to 753 GW in 2026 and 780 GW in 2027.«
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/bloombergnef-expects-up-to-700-gw-of-new-solar-in-2025/
@infobeautiful It's almost as if we had no predictors that take exponential trends into account.
When it's about GDP or stocks, business seems to have these readily available all the time...
When it's about GDP or stocks, business seems to have these readily available all the time...
@infobeautiful Mostly thanks to China
@infobeautiful More solar energy is one thing that is necessary to slow down the inevitable decline of the Industrial Age, but right now we're still headed for rapid collapse rather than slow decline, and only ending fossil fuels now even if it damages the world economy can change our trajectory from rapid collapse to slow decline.
The Industrial Age will end one way or another because we missed our window for becoming sustainable by decades.
The Industrial Age will end one way or another because we missed our window for becoming sustainable by decades.
@infobeautiful @stereo Efficiency always wins. 🤷
@infobeautiful And now, how much of that has been countered by Crypto and AI ?
@infobeautiful And in May 2025, China alone added 92GW. One month only.
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