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Solar accounts for 1% so Elon Musk really has his work cut out for him!
by danjc 11y ago
Solar accounts for 1% so Elon Musk really has his work cut out for him!
- pjc50 11y agoDoes this properly account for rooftop solar as it's not a "plant" but tends to show up as a demand reduction? It's still probably not all that large.
- ridgeguy 11y agoRooftop solar (more generally, "distributed generation") is growing rapidly and is expected to be a much larger electricity source than utility scale photovoltaic plants fairly soon, say by 2020 or even earlier. The following link shows solar utility and DG through 2014. Sorry, can't immediately find the predicted values through 2020. http://seekingalpha.com/article/3085476-the-long-term-prospects-of-residential-versus-utility-scale-solar http://seekingalpha.com/article/3085476-the-long-term-prospe...
- reportingsjr 11y agoIt does not account for rooftop solar at all. The information is from eia.gov which does not collect/include rooftop solar in its data. I think it is safe to say that solar is ~double what is listed in the eia's data.