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submitted 1 week ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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By the end of May 2025, solar capacity had reached 1.08 TW (1,080 GW), up 56.9% year on year.

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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The most interesting thing is the growth

China reached its first 1 GW of installed solar in 2010

10 GW by mid-2013.

By June 2017, total installed capacity exceeded 100 GW

China has reached 1 TW of installed solar mid 2025

Got chatgpt to plot and to extrapolate

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why wouldn't it just stay a linear graph?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Look at the left side of the first graph. It’s set on an exponential scale.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Oops, I missed that! Thanks.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I don't understand. What do you mean?