The USA poured several millions in the research for solar panels for their space program. Then Germany created tax incentives for producers to scale-up product

The USA poured several millions in the research for solar panels for their space program. Then Germany created tax incentives for producers to scale-up production. Then China started investing in production capacity, to the extent that now in 2024 the forecast is that more solar panel GW capacity will be produced than has been installed until now worldwide. Sources: * https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/goed-nieuws-schone-energie-was-nog-nooit-z%C3%B3-goedkoop/id1172287016?i=1000607272978 https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/goed-nieuws-schone-ene... * How Solar Energy Became Cheap (2019), Gregory Nemet: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecaf.12365 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecaf.12365 * Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition (2022), Rupert Way et al. https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications/no-2021-01-empirically-grounded-technology-forecasts-and-the-energy-transition/ https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/publications/no-2021-01-empiricall... * Bloomberg: The Supply Chain to Beat Climate Change Is Already Being Built. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-06/solar-industry-supply-chain-that-will-beat-climate-change-is-already-being-built https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-06/solar-...