{"id":285205,"date":"2023-10-26T21:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T19:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285205"},"modified":"2023-10-26T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T19:26:38","slug":"solar-set-to-be-dominant-power-source-by-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285205","title":{"rendered":"Solar Set to Be Dominant Power Source by\u2026 When?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s simply absurd to claim that solar power will ever become the dominant power source, with or \u201cwithout any further climate policies.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest \u201cWhat is never?\u201d by David Middleton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does this remind me of the Monty Python Spanish Inquisition skit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Research: The World May Have Crossed a Solar \u201cTipping Point\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By UNIVERSITY OF EXETER OCTOBER 19, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world may have crossed a \u201ctipping point\u201d that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new research suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study, based on a data-driven model of technology and economics, finds that solar PV (photovoltaics) is likely to become the dominant power source before 2050 \u2013 even without support from more ambitious climate policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it warns four \u201cbarriers\u201d could hamper this\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[\u2026]SciTech Daily<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Momentum of the Solar Energy Transition\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The full text of the paper is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Decarbonisation plans across the globe require zero-carbon energy sources to be widely deployed by 2050 or 2060. Solar energy is the most widely available energy resource on Earth, and its economic attractiveness is improving fast in a cycle of increasing investments. Here we use data-driven conditional technology and economic forecasting modelling to establish which zero carbon power sources could become dominant worldwide. We find that, due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, a global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to dominate global electricity markets, without any further climate policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[\u2026]Nijsse et al., 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Nobody Expects \u201cthe Momentum of the Solar Energy Transition\u201d!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The authors suggest that solar power will become the dominant power source by 2050 without \u201cmore ambitious climate policies.\u201d However, four barriers could stand in the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nobody expects \u201cthe momentum of the solar energy transition\u201d! Our chief barrier is grid resilience\u2026 grid resilience and access to finance\u2026 grid resilience and access to finance\u2026 Our two barriers are grid resilience and access to finance\u2026 and supply chains\u2026. Our three barriers are grid resilience, and access to finance, and supply chains\u2026 and an almost fanatical devotion to silencing political opposition\u2026 Our four\u2026 no\u2026 Amongst our barriers\u2026 are such elements as grid resilience, access to finance\u2026 I\u2019ll come in again.Apologies to Monty Python<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Overcoming the Solar Barriers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. \u201cGrid Resilience\u201d:<\/strong> Only use electricity only when the sun is shining.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. \u201cAccess to finance\u201d:<\/strong> Raise taxes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. \u201cSupply chains\u201d:<\/strong> Drive up the prices of almost all mineral resources<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. \u201cPolitical opposition\u201d:<\/strong> Reeducation camps.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Am I Being Flippant?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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