It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it

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"Global installed solar PV capacity has reportedly hit 2 terawatts (TW),
according to estimates calculated by the Global Solar Council and SolarPower
Europe.

Though it took 68 years to reach 1TW of installed solar PV capacity, it took
only two more years to reach 2TW, according to the Global Solar Council.

“The unprecedented roll-out of solar worldwide, and now the fact that we have
made this 2TW milestone, or about 7 billion solar panels installed, is the
culmination of decades of hard work,” said Sonia Dunlop, CEO of the Global
Solar Council.

“Forward-thinking policy, industrial ingenuity, 7 million hard-working solar
installers and a versatile and scalable technology have all brought us to this
moment.”

Putting the scale of this achievement in context, 2TW of solar is equivalent to
the total installed electricity capacity of India, the United States, and
United Kingdom combined and could power an estimated one billion homes."

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http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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