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> The world is approaching 1 TW/year of solar deployed (will likely be achieved in the next 18 months at current global solar manufacturing ramp rate) That's n
by tuatoru 2y ago
> The world is approaching 1 TW/year of solar deployed (will likely be achieved in the next 18 months at current global solar manufacturing ramp rate)
That's nice, but it's still underachieving compared to the task. We need ~50TW of solar and ~30 TW of wind to be able to smelt iron, make transport fuels and plastics and lubricants as well as electricity. Unless, of course, you want to suppress development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- audunw 2y agoI think 2050 is a reasonable goal to get to 100% renewable/clean (including nuclear to some degree) for all energy. Then we need to average, what, around 4TW/year for two decades? Considering how fast solar/wind is growing, that seems within reach doesn’t it? We’ll probably be somewhat under that in the 2030s and hopefully above that in the 2040s? I hope by 2030 we start to see some real growth in advanced geothermal too. Maybe some wave and tide power as well.