Global growth in solar "the largest ever observed for any source"

ttambourine_man about 4 hours ago 3 commentsRead Article on arstechnica.com

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Animats•about 3 hours ago

Big pie chart is labelled "The share of each source that was used to meet changes in energy demand vs. 2024". What does that mean?

abdullahkhalids•about 2 hours ago

My guess. Total energy consumption in 2024 was x. Total energy consumption in 2025 was x + y. For example, solar PV was installed and led to increased electricity consumption. Or more oil was extracted and used to drive cars around more.

They broke down y into all these different energy sources and made a pie chart. So roughly 25% of y was solar PV.

ChrisArchitect•about 4 hours ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831272