Solar power has exploded in the past decade, far outstripping energy analyst estimates. In 2020, the world is\u00a0expected to install 142-gigawatts of solar energy<\/strong>, seven times 2010\u2019s total capacity. From 2010-2019, 638-gigawatts of solar power was installed worldwide,\u00a0exceeding installed capacity of any other energy source<\/strong>, including coal, oil, and gas<\/strong>. Solar power\u2019s rapid deployment has been Despite this impressive growth, the solar revolution still has a long way to go. In late 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a\u00a0report on the impacts and feasibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 \u00baC<\/strong>. The IPCC suggested that exceeding 1.5 \u00baC of warming would create major economic and environmental challenges. Staying below that threshold demands a rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, nearly 8% annually. Nearly all energy pathways that will limit warming to 1.5 \u00baC require carbon neutrality by 2050. Only a dramatic shift away from fossil fuels will make that goal a reality.<\/p>\n Although the International Energy Agency (IEA) has consistently increased projections for solar and other renewables in its\u00a0World Energy Outlook<\/strong>, renewables growth appears to be complementing rather than displacing fossil fuels. Under current national and international policies, the IEA projects major increases in solar PV generation. However, \u201cstated policy\u201d projections also suggest continued growth for fossil fuels (particularly natural gas). Climate change demands that solar PV go from a bit player in today\u2019s energy mix to a leading role. Standing in the way of that transition is a duck.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" California\u2019s Antelope Valley sits at the edge of the Mojave Desert. In recent years, the desert has seen a farming boom, solar farming that is. Antelope Valley is home\u00a0to America\u2019s largest solar facility, Solar Star, a sprawling 3200-acre, 579-megawatt complex. Solar Star\u2019s 1.7 million crystalline silicon panels were produced by SunPower and are operated by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,53,49],"tags":[19634,5070,52259,53157,12474,67844,67845,50473,67846,54979],"views":404,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109319,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109314\/revisions\/109319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gunes-enerjisi-devrimi-artik-kapimizda.jpg\")
driven by impressive public and private investment in renewables. These investments have enabled innovation and scaling that has\u00a0reduced the solar power costs by over 80%<\/strong>\u00a0since 2010. Falling costs have made solar competitive with fossil fuels. In India today, solar generation is often cheaper than coal. That nation plans\u00a0to generate 100-gigawatts of solar power by 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n