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Global Solar PV installations are forecast to flatten out at 125GW (peak) annually throughout the early 2020's. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/gl
by baking 7y ago
Global Solar PV installations are forecast to flatten out at 125GW (peak) annually throughout the early 2020's.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/global-solar-pv-installations-to-reach-record-high-in-2019 https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/global-solar-pv...
Figure 20% of peak for 24/7 power production (using nonexistent cheap storage) and you get 25GW capacity installation per year for solar.
Meanwhile: "Over 100 power reactors with a total gross capacity of about 120,000 MWe are on order or planned, and over 300 more are proposed."
https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-an...
So, globally I think nuclear can give solar a run for its money, although in some countries nuclear may not be an option due to public opposition or access to the technology.
- labawi 7y agoI would be nice if you didn't switch units between 25GW and 120 000 MW. We have 25GW/year vs. 120GW/? years. If you scroll to the bottom table, and sum a few numbers you get: 2020: 15MWe 2021: 7MWe 2022: 8MWe 2023: 8MWe