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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 03:00 PM Sep 2013

The world will add more solar power than wind this year, for the first time ever



Today saw good news for solar power, as Bloomberg's New Energy Finance group predicted 2013 would be the first year in which the world adds more solar power capacity than wind. The service predicted that 36.7 gigawatts of new solar power capacity would be added in 2013, up 20% from 2012, compared to 35.5 gigawatts of new wind power. The service credited the speed-up to new incentives in Japan and China, combined with a dramatic reduction in the cost of solar panels.

Wind installations still contribute more than twice as much power as solar, representing 5% of global power supply compared to solar's 2%, but new installations are slowing as Chinese and American incentives lapse and windmills face greater competition from newly cheap solar panels. Bloomberg predicts the coming years will see the technologies even out, respectively contributing 17% and 16% of global power supply by 2030.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/27/4777558/the-world-will-add-more-solar-power-than-wind-this-year-for-the-first
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The world will add more solar power than wind this year, for the first time ever (Original Post) grahamhgreen Sep 2013 OP
Kicked and recommended for sustainable competition. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #1
If Congress wouldn't take a1 month vacation wind would be right up there,,,, benld74 Sep 2013 #2

Uncle Joe

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1. Kicked and recommended for sustainable competition.
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 03:12 PM
Sep 2013

There is no single answer to the world's energy needs, so I'm glad to to see solar's growth accelerating.


Thanks for the thread, grahamhgreen.

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