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A quick google tells me that as of 2021, the US had ~23GW of installed solar generating capacity, and Germany had ~59GW. As the US has roughly 4x the population
by nicoburns 4y ago
A quick google tells me that as of 2021, the US had ~23GW of installed solar generating capacity, and Germany had ~59GW. As the US has roughly 4x the population of Germany, that means that Germany has roughly 12x the amount of installed solar capacity per capita.
- Retric 4y agoWikipedia gives different 2021 numbers including (percentage of global solar installed) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_by_country China: 306,973 MW (35.8%) United States: 95,209 MW (11.1%) Japan: 74,191 MW (8.7%) Germany: 58,461 MW (6.8%) India: 56,951 MW (6.6%) With 2020 numbers for percentage of electricity generation by solar: Germany 9.7%, Japan 8.3%, India 6.5%, China 6.2%, and US 3.4%
- rootusrootus 4y agoIn addition, the US govt says [0] this year should have added 46,100 MW to the total. Electrek, if they are accurate, predicted an additional 5,600 MW on residential rooftops in 2022 [1]. [0] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50818 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50818 [1] https://electrek.co/2022/08/29/american-residential-solar/ https://electrek.co/2022/08/29/american-residential-solar/
- nicoburns 4y agoInteresting. Looks like in my haste I may have been comparing Germany's total installed capacity with the US's newly installed capacity.
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