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If "buffer/unknown" is the second highest bar, then shouldn't we have a rough idea of what that buffer i?
the increase looks exponential, but they chose to model it with a linear increase. if anything this chart is probably a massive underestimation.
I am really heartened by how solar continues to punch higher and higher above projections year-after-year.
North America has really a weak solar game, trailing last
Solar panels are more popular the closer you are to the equator, so states like Hawaii and Arizona already have a lot of investment in solar. For the colder states, its financially a bad investment due to lack of enough sun throught longer periods of the year.
In population hotspots for example, in Socal, Solar is skyrocketing, but I wouldnt say they same for places like NYC.
I dont speak for other countries though, and wonder why some countries that should have it, havent invested enough in it (e.g latin countries, india) which receive a lot of sunlight.
Why do they think China solar installs will double next year?
Already this year, as it seems to me. Then next year, suddenly lots of 'buffer/unknown' - so where's that?
Because that's what solar installs have been doing so far this year, apparently:
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/11/solar-is-king-2023-50-global-growth-predicted/
China’s solar industry is operating at a 93.6% annual growth rate, looked at through the 12-month rolling average – or if you compare the first six months of 2023 to H1 2022, then the pace of installations has more than doubled, accelerating 154%