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'Unstoppable force' of solar power propels world to 40% clean electricity

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177 points belter | 3 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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melling ◴[08 Apr 25 13:43 UTC] No.43621706[source]▶
“ 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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nasmorn ◴[08 Apr 25 14:31 UTC] No.43622242[source]▶
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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_aavaa_ ◴[08 Apr 25 15:19 UTC] No.43622836[source]▶
> They have underestimated solar for the last 10 years now

That is an incredibly large understatement. They have gotten it shamefully and fundamentally wrong year after year.

https://i.redd.it/zz9p8ekoss7d1.jpeg

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1. pchristensen ◴[08 Apr 25 15:57 UTC] No.43623248[source]▶
That graph looks like willful ignorance.
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2. duskwuff ◴[08 Apr 25 16:34 UTC] No.43623650[source]▶
And feels like a spiritual relative to the Itanium sales forecast chart:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itanium_Sales_Foreca...

3. tim333 ◴[08 Apr 25 21:08 UTC] No.43626490[source]▶
It looks like they may have some official methodology that may not be changed for political type reasons?