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Solar power sees 29% global increase in 2024, marking new record. (techxplore.com)
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[–] PixelTron@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Some positive figures, heading in the right direction, but this still makes me sad:

Coal remained the dominant power source globally, generating 34.4% of electricity, followed by gas at 22% and other fossil fuels at 2.8%.

[–] Lugh@futurology.today 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

but this still makes me sad:

One piece of good news is that solar seems that it may be being adopted as a technology, on the familiar s-curve of technological adoption. So it may go from 6.9% to 50% much quicker than we expect.

[–] PixelTron@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Let’s hope so!!

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