total electricity capacity of the planet— not just solar, but nuclear, coal, gas, and renewable energy, all added together — was about 10 terawatts. Now China can pump out a full terawatt worth of solar panels each year. The country’s solar capacity grew at a compound rate of 11.7 percent annually from 2020 to 2024. That’s nearly triple the global average of 4.24 percent over the same four-year period, a gap that points to something more like an industrial revolution than mere competitive advantage.
Definitely some sort of revolution involved in this growth rate.
On a global scale, the glut of Chinese solar panels has dropped the average cost of electricity to 4 cents a kilowatt hour, in what may be the cheapest form of energy we’ve ever seen. And keep an eye on that figure: it could easily keep coming down.
The origin is murky, but watermelon has been used as slang for “green on the outside, red on the inside” implying ecological concern as being inherently socialist / communist.
I just saw the image when searching for solarpunk images, thought the hastags were kinda cute. Watermelon has also been more recently used as a symbol for Palestine.
Definitely some sort of revolution involved in this growth rate.
I can order 300 kW off ebay with free shipping for like… 80-100 AUD. Absolutely wild
watermelon?
Free Palestine dogwhistle
[loud barking]
The origin is murky, but watermelon has been used as slang for “green on the outside, red on the inside” implying ecological concern as being inherently socialist / communist.
I just saw the image when searching for solarpunk images, thought the hastags were kinda cute. Watermelon has also been more recently used as a symbol for Palestine.
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