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In 2023 utility-scale solar generation capacity is expected to grow by 29 GW, and wind by 7.5 GW[1] - that's 700 MW per week, so we're almost on track already.
by daemonologist 3y ago
In 2023 utility-scale solar generation capacity is expected to grow by 29 GW, and wind by 7.5 GW[1] - that's 700 MW per week, so we're almost on track already. (The EIA's "expectations" might be optimistic, but I don't think it's at all out of the question to roll out wind and solar on this scale.)
1. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/archive/february2023/ https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/archive/febru...
- epistasis 3y agoNot sure why you are downvoted, other than you used numbers and real data which contradicts a nuclear narrative. The EIA can be trusted with their reports on actual numbers. But their projections are absolutely embarrassing and underestimate solar deployments so much that they have completely discredited the entire enterprise of projections. The graphics showing how embarrassing they are all use the IEA numbers, but the EIA projections are just as bad https://www.bu.edu/eci/2021/11/10/signs-of-hope-reflections-on-the-decades-long-underestimation-of-growth-in-renewable-energy/ https://www.bu.edu/eci/2021/11/10/signs-of-hope-reflections-...