The article doesn’t mention the effect long term customer demand on the initial versions of a product - no matter how bad - that can make a technology widely su

The article doesn’t mention the effect long term customer demand on the initial versions of a product - no matter how bad - that can make a technology widely successful. There’s been no massive technical breakthrough in solar (or even wind) power for many decades - the improvements have been as a result of steady iterations as more panels have been made. They've gone from being expensive, fairly low performing and of interest to a limited set of people (solar at any cost) too much greater performance and lower cost which makes them attractive to a wider set of people.