“When I got this job in 2005, I thought maybe one day solar will supply 1% of the world’s electricity. Now it’s 3%. Our official forecast is that it will be 23% by 2050, but that’s completely underestimated.”
–Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at BloombergNEF, speaking with Royce Kurmelovs for his article on the rapid development of solar energy which he describes as, “a story about Chinese industrial might backed by American capital, fanned by European political sensibilities and made possible largely thanks to the pioneering work of an Australian research team.” [The Guardian]
