The momentum of the solar energy transition - eviltoast
The momentum of the solar energy transition - Nature Communications
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Nijsse and colleagues find that due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, a global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to dominate global electricity markets, without any further climate policies. Uncertainties arise, however, over grid stability in a renewables-dominated power system, the availability of sufficient finance in underdeveloped economies, the capacity of supply chains and political resistance from regions that lose employment.

Due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, a global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to dominate global electricity markets, without any further climate policies

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    1 year ago

    Cost mostly. It’s really expensive, enough so that the first ~80% of the shift off fossil fuels is going to happen using solar + wind + storage.

    To make sense for the last 20%, it’s going to need to come down in price enough to beat the emerging longer-duration storage technologies. Not at all clear to me that it can do that.