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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/installed-solar-pv-capacity?country=CHN~IND~ESP~BRA~MEX~CHL~USA~GBR~FRA~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/installed-sola
by tetris11 3y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/installed-solar-pv-capacity?country=CHN~IND~ESP~BRA~MEX~CHL~USA~GBR~FRA~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/installed-solar-pv-capaci...
China leads in steepest trend, but US is second (though much lower down)
- scandinavian 3y agoHere's a chart per capita, which is often more interesting: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-electricity-per-capita?tab=chart&country=CHN~IND~ESP~BRA~MEX~CHL~USA~GBR~FRA~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-electricity-per-cap...
- yread 3y agobit misleading not to add the top two (Australia and Netherlands) https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-electricity-per-capita?tab=chart&country=CHN~IND~ESP~BRA~MEX~CHL~USA~GBR~FRA~DEU~NLD~AUS https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-electricity-per-cap...
- cinntaile 3y agoThat's generation per capita, not installed capacity per capita.
- roenxi 3y agoAnd India at #4 is one to watch. There are a lot of people there who will benefit from cheap energy. It is a bit funny how Germany seems to be floundering thanks to the Energiewende. In hindsight it looks like a clear mistake to have gone in so hard without waiting until it made economic sense.
- jansan 3y agoTake a look at a map, India is far, far more to the south than Germany. I have the feeling that some Germans would see solar power as a panacea even if they lived on the north pole.