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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics By absolute quantity: China, US, Japan, Germany, Indi
by scythe 3y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics
By absolute quantity: China, US, Japan, Germany, India
By proportion of electricity generation: Australia, Spain, Greece, Honduras (?!), Netherlands
Seeing the Dutch and Japanese rank so high despite having some of the worst possible geographies shows how far the world has to go.
- oblio 3y agoJapan's geography isn't bad for solar. 60% of the islands have a warm climate, Okinawa is super sunny. They have a ton of roofs to put solar on. On top of that, they should be good for wind.