American Solar Energy Society’s Post

The Earth intercepts a lot of solar power: 173,000 terawatts. That’s 10,000 times more power than the planet’s population uses. So is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? #solarenergy #renewableenergy #cleanenergy https://lnkd.in/gTAYdBJ4

The Type of Solar Panel You Get Matters, Here's Why

The Type of Solar Panel You Get Matters, Here's Why

The Type of Solar Panel You Get Matters, Here's Why

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It's a great day to learn about solar. https://lnkd.in/gB-Aur3e

Solar is now soo much cheaper than it was and businesses don't event have to pay for the initial outlay as businesses will pay to rent your roof. You can also have solar canopies on large surface car parks. It seems to be one of those rare things: a win: win. Getting a new income stream, helping lower carbon emissions, helping improve energy security and improving the bottom line through reduced overheads. #businessefficiency #lowcarboneconomy #energysecurity #telford #herefordshire #shropshirebusiness

Floating Solar - is this the future? I am not one for silver bullets, or a one size fits all. Rather I am keen on a myriad of solutions, each that has key advantages for unique conditions. In other words, taking advantage of the elements available to you. There are thousands of managed reservoirs , retention ponds across the US. They are often close to power users, and close to power infrastructure, in an already managed location. There can be a lot of upside to this application. Challenges are to find effective ways to deploy in small scale power generation, to make it cost effective.

From the recent study published in Nature Communications led by Femke Nijsse on which I had the opportunity to contribute. https://lnkd.in/e4STGGVg The study uses a dynamic technology and economic forecasting model to find that a global tipping point for solar energy may have been crossed and current trajectories mean that it will gradually come to dominate global electricity markets. The extent of solar energy penetration will depend hereon on policies that lead to modernised grids, stable supply chains and lower political resistence. Provision of adequate finance for developing economies is an important factor to ensure that the benefits of cheapest renewable energy are shared equitably. Jean-Francois Mercure Hector Pollitt Nadia Ameli Francesca Larosa, PhD Jamie Rickman Pim Vercoulen

Solar "dominance" is now a meme. This has been clear for quite awhile now. As Bloomberg NEF has shown, since 2021, solar has been responsible for more than 50% of new power plant additions across all technologies, and its growth continues unabated: https://lnkd.in/gFfSMhEJ In 2023, new solar capacity deployment is now estimated to be something like 350 GW. That's right, at this rate, we'll add a TW of new solar every 3 years. Why is this happening? Partly because it's cheap, which is what this article emphasizes. But it's also because solar has real value for everyone on the planet. From the poorest villages to the richest countries, solar provides meaningful impact and creates value that goes well beyond its ability to provide electrons. And that means that the benefit-to-cost ratio is substantially higher than other energy technologies. Here's some of our research on the topic: "Unleashing Sociotechnical Imaginaries to Advance Just and Sustainable Energy Transitions: The Case of Solar Energy in Puerto Rico" https://lnkd.in/gZm622tU "Ending the Energy-Poverty Nexus: An Ethical Imperative for Just Transitions" https://lnkd.in/gMjCgz94 Here's the thing, though. It's not enough to just deploy a lot of solar. We also need to think about how we deploy solar. There are so many different ways to design solar and layer it into social, economic, political, and cultural fabrics. Those design choices have huge consequences, for everything from our daily lives to global political economy. We've been exploring these topics, too. It's critically important that we put much more attention on these design choices and how they fit into the kinds of human and planetary futures we'd like to create going forward: "Cities of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures" https://lnkd.in/gDrt49fn "Redesigning Political Economy: The Promise and Peril of the Green New Deal for Energy" https://lnkd.in/gZUWrzQT