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Digitized: How we manufacture, measurem and control solar electricity
has become digitized, and therefore hopped on an exponential growth pat
Deceptive: Today we are in the deceptive phase of solar growth.
Remember, a 30% increase per year means we are only 7 doublings, or 21
years, away from a 128-fold increase.
Disruptive: With 5,000 times more solar hitting the Earths surface in a
year than humanity uses today, solar has plenty of head-room for growth
The UBS study said it well: Our view is that the we have done it like this
for a century value chain in developed electricity markets will be turned
upside down within the next 10-20 years, driven by solar and batteries.
Dematerialized: a distributed, pervasive solar grid will create a far more
robust and capable energy grid. Again, from the UBS report, (Todays)
large-scale power generation, will be the dinosaur of the future energy
system: Too big, too inflexible, not even relevant for backup power in the
long run.
Demonetized: Ultimately, energy from the Sun is free. Better yet, the
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poorest countries in the world are also the sunniest. Imagine a world wher
there is a squanderable amount of cheap and clean energy?
Democratized: As said above, solar scales globally, available to everyone
even in the poorest countries in the world.
By 2025, everybody will be able to produce and store power. And it will be green and cost
competitive, i.e., not more expensive or even cheaper than buying power from utilities. It
is also the most efficient way to produce power where it is consumed, because
transmission losses will be minimized. Power will no longer be something that is
consumed in a dumb way. Homes and grids will be smart, aligning the demand profile
with supply from (volatile) renewables.
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