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by maxerickson 761 days ago
Are you saying it isn't very much?

It's about equivalent to a single larger US county (but well down the list from largest).

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Most people don't realize how much solar is getting deployed and how quickly it's grown, so the poster is most likely expecting the opposite direction.

Meanwhile, numbers in solar always seem to exceed estimates, see for example this veteran forecaster joking about the 1TW/year deployment mark:

> Reasons solar industry analysts don't want to forecast that a terawatt gets built in a year, ever:

> - axis on chart doesn't go that high

> - makes wind industry feel bad

> - can't find markets to put it all in without the number being clearly ridiculous for that specific market

https://x.com/solar_chase/status/1791088142738411565?s=46