Boyd Carter
Clap hard people – every time you say “I don’t believe in renewables”, a Western solar manufacture company dies.
The Clean Energy Manufacturing Renaissance Falsehood – Watts Up With That? (wattsupwiththat.com)
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Quoting from the article:
“Energy Technology Perspectives 2023, the latest instalment in one of the IEA’s flagship series, serves as the world’s first global guidebook for the clean technology industries of the future. It provides a comprehensive analysis of global manufacturing of clean energy technologies today – such as solar panels, wind turbines, EV batteries, electrolysers for hydrogen and heat pumps – and their supply chains around the world, as well as mapping out how they are likely to evolve as the clean energy transition advances in the years ahead.”
(note a caution) “The report also predicts renewable energy component prices will continue to fall, despite admitting resource constraints are driving up prices – but I can’t find a clear explanation for WHY they believe costs will continue falling, other than some vague statements about specialisation and government policy;…”