The Amount of Electricity Generated From Solar Is Suddenly Unbelievable

If it seems that the world is being removed with bad news recently, here is a real bright spot: the sun has become a source of energy for tens of millions around the world.

A modern story by New Yorker Dove in the amazing growth of solar energy over the past few years. Among the other wide data, the magazine notes that renewable energy sources make up 96 percent of the demand for new energy worldwide in 2024; In the United States, 93 percent of the new energy energy of solar and wind came.

But while the renewable energy sources that they pass through, the speed in which solar energy is in particular, everything is out of the water.

For example, it is now estimated that the world is now installing a solar energy infrastructure, one of Gigawatt every 15 hours – or about the production of a new coal factory.

For some historical context, New Yorker It is noted that it took 68 years since the invention of the first photovoltaic solar cell in 1954 to build one solar energy from Terawatt. It took only two years to strike the second Terawatt in 2024, and the third is expected in just months.

This explosive growth is fed with significant gains in solar energy output, manufacturing breaches, and simplified installation processes. There were also huge developments in the recycling of the panels, which means that the dark side of solar energy – mineral extraction and the manufacture of panels – may one day be of the past.

In theory, these gains will continue to produce, along with recycling methods more efficient at the time of continued payment for years below the line.

as New Yorker I noticed that Hana Richie, Oxford University researcher, recently calculated that “the silver used in one solar solar panel was built in 2010 will be enough for about five paintings today.”

Although countries like the United States, Germany and Japan are approaching the top of the leaders of solar energy capacity, the undisputed leader is China, which in 2023 installed more solar infrastructure than the next nine countries.

For its part, China continues its 10-year plan to install its solar energy by 2030-a goal that can reach 2026, if it continues at the current pace. While this has clear benefits for the environment and the health of Chinese citizens, it also serves a geopolitical purpose, which is to end its dependence on American energy sources such as oil and coal.

The United States during Donald Trump, at the same time, greatly reflects the path in a renewed future. Its last large bill includes finishing the tax incentives for new buyers of panels and solar batteries, and gives tremendous support to fossil industries and biofuels.

To justify this step, Trump blames the solar energy infrastructure and winds for high energy costs, although overwhelming evidence that solar energy makes the power network wider more stable, and energy is much cheaper. And since this is the case, it is possible that it is not shocking that the president will discover more than a few hidden motives.

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