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From what I’ve read over the past few years, China gets the credit for driving down the price of solar. They use a lot more than anyone else: https://en.m.wik
by melling 9y ago
From what I’ve read over the past few years, China gets the credit for driving down the price of solar. They use a lot more than anyone else:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_by_country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_by_country
China is saving nuclear power too:
https://qz.com/627113/bill-gates-says-china-is-the-best-place-to-pursue-next-generation-nuclear-power/ https://qz.com/627113/bill-gates-says-china-is-the-best-plac...
- fogetti 9y agoAhh, darnit. I was too late, but I had the same comment basically.
- Faark 9y agoYes the current prices are thanks to mass production in china, but he is saying that germany started to invest into the solar boom when prices where still high and without the boom might not have happened (that fast). E.g. in 2009 germany had 10GW [0] installed versus chinas 300MW [1]. But new solar installs peaked in germany at about 7.5GW over the next 3 years, among other reasons because germany does get significantly less sunlight. [0] https://energy-charts.de/power_inst.htm?year=all&period=annual&type=power_inst https://energy-charts.de/power_inst.htm?year=all&period=annu... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:China_Photovoltaics_Installed_Capacity_2016.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:China_Photovoltaics_Insta...