Submitted by ForHidingSquirrels t3_10xwl7q in Futurology
dontpet t1_j7vt028 wrote
Reply to comment by goodsam2 in Renewables are on track to satiate the world's appetite for electricity by ForHidingSquirrels
The article includes this quote.
>“For many years the IEA earned the reputation of vastly underestimating renewable energy growth,” he said, “so there might be a tendency to bend over backwards and err on the side of exuberant optimism.”
Did they give inflated electrons this time? The report itself says
>Our outlook for 2023 to 2025 shows that renewable power generation is set to increase more than all other sources combined, with an annualised growth of over 9%.
I get confused at that point not knowing if they mean any of three things.
9% growth in energy output annually
9% growth of installation of equipment compared to the previous year
9% growth of equipment from the previous accumulated
Anyway, hope they have vastly underestimated as usual. Every time I look into their assumptions they did a significant bias toward minimal growth.
Yesterday I looked at their projections for our mining and minerals needs for example and they were so pessimistic and already demonstrably wrong.
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