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OOPS, WINDMILLS FREEZE, NO POWER, MAJOR ENERGY PRODUCTION FAIL!
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<blockquote data-quote="Fred&#039;s Myth" data-source="post: 5329125" data-attributes="member: 55587"><p>If we plot future installations according to a logistic growth curve capped at 700 GW by 2050 (NREL’s estimated ceiling for the U.S. residential market) alongside the early-replacement curve, we see the volume of waste surpassing that of new installations by the year 2031. By 2035, discarded panels would outweigh new units sold by 2.56 times. In turn, this would catapult the LCOE (levelized cost of energy, a measure of the overall cost of an energy-producing asset over its lifetime) to four times the current projection. The economics of solar — so bright-seeming from the vantage point of 2021 — would darken quickly as the industry sinks under the weight of its own trash.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]391817[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]391817[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]391817[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred's Myth, post: 5329125, member: 55587"] If we plot future installations according to a logistic growth curve capped at 700 GW by 2050 (NREL’s estimated ceiling for the U.S. residential market) alongside the early-replacement curve, we see the volume of waste surpassing that of new installations by the year 2031. By 2035, discarded panels would outweigh new units sold by 2.56 times. In turn, this would catapult the LCOE (levelized cost of energy, a measure of the overall cost of an energy-producing asset over its lifetime) to four times the current projection. The economics of solar — so bright-seeming from the vantage point of 2021 — would darken quickly as the industry sinks under the weight of its own trash. [ATTACH type="full" alt="7A90FD51-B181-4084-9F67-6553B0101274.jpeg"]391817[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="7A90FD51-B181-4084-9F67-6553B0101274.jpeg"]391817[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="7A90FD51-B181-4084-9F67-6553B0101274.jpeg"]391817[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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