Photovoltaics
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
Cheeky Pint
the Green Blueprint
All-In
3 statements about Photovoltaics, every show
Handmer: Solar panel costs fall 20% annually with production doubling every two years
“It's like forty-something percent per doubling of production, and currently production's doubling roughly every two years. So you could say 20% a year. That's the panel by itself.”
Chamath: US energy supply chain is fragile and exposed to China
“We have a critical deficit of electrons in America. We do not have the capability we need to make the energy we need quickly in many ways. We have supply chain issues on Nat gas. We have critical supply chains that can be shut off by China around photovoltaics…”