What podcasts say about solar energy
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What experts have said about solar energy
6 statements · 6 positive
Solar growth is systematically underestimated by focusing on current capacity instead of deployment growth.
“The problem is solar keeps getting underestimated because people look at installed capacity today rather than the vertical slope of the deployment curve.”
Open the episode · NVIDIA's $96.2B Quarter, China's 200,000 Fake Accounts, & OpenAI's New Chip | EP #284Listen at 1:47:46
Each cumulative doubling of solar deployment reduces costs by approximately 30%.
“every cumulative doubling of solar scale reduces costs by, let us say 30%.”
Open the episode · 200GW Hiding in Grid, Sodium Batteries 10x Cheaper, Wave-Powered Datacenters w/ Ramez Naam | EP #280Listen at 43:16
Solar costs may fall four- to eightfold, not one-thousandfold, under ordinary deployment growth.
“the cost of solar might drop by a factor of four, maybe even by a factor of eight, but not by a factor of 1,000.”
Open the episode · 200GW Hiding in Grid, Sodium Batteries 10x Cheaper, Wave-Powered Datacenters w/ Ramez Naam | EP #280Listen at 43:49
Solar power is currently the cheapest power-generation method.
“solar is by far the cheapest way of generating power.”
Open the episode · Two attributes to make you a better investorListen at 15:51
Solar will reach very low costs and dominate power generation before SMRs operate.
“the TCO of solar will be like 10 or $12 per megawatt hour and it will be 80% of all the power generation”
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The world will eventually run on solar energy.
“the world is going to run on sunlight.”
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