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How the Sun Won (The Solar Era, Part 1)

2024/11/21
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The extraordinary decline in the price of solar panels by over 97% in the past 20 years has transformed the energy landscape. This chapter explores the initial key moments that kickstarted the solar power revolution, including the German feed-in tariff policy.
  • Solar panel prices fell by more than 97% in the past 20 years.
  • The German feed-in tariff policy in 2004 was a pivotal moment for solar power.
  • Solar power installations have grown exponentially, with more solar power installed in the past two days than existed in the whole world in 2004.

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In the past 20 years, the price of solar panels has fallen by more than 97 percent. This extraordinary decline is good news for the world – and it’s transforming the way energy is produced and consumed.

For the next few episodes, we’ll be talking to people who are in the middle of this solar power revolution to find out how it happened, and what it will mean for the world.

Today, Jenny Chase, the author of Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon, tells the story of how solar power got so cheap and where it’s exploding today, and she explains what problems we still need to solve to pull off a worldwide energy transition. 

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