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Are We Entering the Photovoltaic Energy Era?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-entering-the-photovoltaic-energy-era/[font face=Serif][center][font size=5]Are We Entering the Photovoltaic Energy Era?[/font]
[font size=4]Nations from all regions reported to the International Energy Agency for the first time that their markets for solar-generated electricity were growing[/font]
By John Fialka, ClimateWire on December 15, 2016[/center]
[font size=3]The outlines of a global market for solar-generated electricity are beginning to emerge.
An industry that has long been little more than a dream for governments, environmental activists and other strategists hoping to find ways to curb global warming blossomed into worldwide reality last year. Nations from all regions reported to the International Energy Agency for the first time that their markets for what is known as photovoltaic energy were growing.
According to a “snapshot” of this spurt of activity released by the Paris-based agency, nations in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and South and Southeast Asia reported the world market for “PV,” as it’s commonly called, is setting a variety of records. It grew by 25 percent in 2015 as the price for solar panels, the basic unit needed to make electricity, continues a stunning eight-year drop.
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“The ultimate point of all of this is that PV is quickly positioning itself to be a really big player in the world,” predicts Gregory Wilson, co-director of DOE’s National Center for Photovoltaics. “For anyone who cares about climate change and carbon emissions, but who also cares about quality of life and not upending the economy, it (PV) is going to be a very desirable thing. Wind power right now has also been pretty amazing, but wind will top out. PV won’t.”
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[font size=4]Nations from all regions reported to the International Energy Agency for the first time that their markets for solar-generated electricity were growing[/font]
By John Fialka, ClimateWire on December 15, 2016[/center]
[font size=3]The outlines of a global market for solar-generated electricity are beginning to emerge.
An industry that has long been little more than a dream for governments, environmental activists and other strategists hoping to find ways to curb global warming blossomed into worldwide reality last year. Nations from all regions reported to the International Energy Agency for the first time that their markets for what is known as photovoltaic energy were growing.
According to a “snapshot” of this spurt of activity released by the Paris-based agency, nations in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and South and Southeast Asia reported the world market for “PV,” as it’s commonly called, is setting a variety of records. It grew by 25 percent in 2015 as the price for solar panels, the basic unit needed to make electricity, continues a stunning eight-year drop.
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“The ultimate point of all of this is that PV is quickly positioning itself to be a really big player in the world,” predicts Gregory Wilson, co-director of DOE’s National Center for Photovoltaics. “For anyone who cares about climate change and carbon emissions, but who also cares about quality of life and not upending the economy, it (PV) is going to be a very desirable thing. Wind power right now has also been pretty amazing, but wind will top out. PV won’t.”
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