China installed four times as much green energy as the entire G7 combined, in 2023.
China installed four times as much green energy as the entire G7 combined, in 2023.
Global solar power capacity surged in 2023, accelerating the clean power revolution. Using six charts, we explain the solar surge of 2023.
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There was a hilarious story on one of the local bay area news stations the other day about "THE LARGEST SOLAR PROJECT COMPLETED" with no further qualifiers as to where and over what time period they meant. They showed some aerial footage of it, and it's basically some solar panels in an area less than the size of a football field. Apparently in the California that's a pretty big deal.
If only they'd look past their own noses to see what China has been up to in the past 20 years.
Apparently in the California that's a pretty big deal
It's not even a big deal in California. Not too long ago I saw the big solar farm out near Blythe, coming back from a trip to Arizona. It's not even the largest one in the state, and it sounds like it dwarfs the one they're talking about.
Apparently California is pretty far progressed on its track to renewable energy?
What's shown on the image is california electricity generation in
AprilMay 20, 2024 (But the data is representative for all of April as well). Yellow is solar, red line is demand.I don't have the source rn, I only have this screenshot stored on my phone.
I think the source is pv-magazine-usa.com?