solar panels

7 statements across 6 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 11, 2022 by Lara Pierpoint · across every show →

Everything said about solar panels, oldest first

Mar 11, 2022
Assertion Supported
Pierpoint: California grid hosts 1.2M solar panels and 1M EVs
“20 years ago, California had tens of thousands of grid-edge assets. Now, it has millions of them. This includes 1.2 million solar panels, providing an estimated 15% of California's electricity, and a million plug-in vehicles.”
Lara Pierpoint Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 2:42 What the grid can learn from the internet
Mar 11, 2022 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pierpoint: California EVs could reach 5 million by 2030
“By 2030, the number of solar panels could nearly double, and the number of EVs on the road could increase five times to about five million.”
Lara Pierpoint Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 2:56 What the grid can learn from the internet
Sep 8, 2023 bullish
Opinion
Webber: Solar panels are significantly more land-efficient than corn ethanol
“If you have an acre or whatever amount of land you have and is hit with photons, you can convert those photons into a useful form of energy, say electricity, with something like 20% efficiency. But if you convert it first into bioenergy, Corn for ethanol, then…”
Dr. Michael Webber Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 9:22 The food-energy nexus
Nov 30, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Woolley: EV purchases often trigger home solar and DER adoption
“When you buy an EV, you often buy solar panels as well. Or you get other DERs that are associated with your home, because you start to become very aware about, like, the whole home and the ecosystem and how you're managing your energy.”
Nick Woolley Nov 30, 2023 ▶ 30:48 EV charging on both sides of the pond
Jun 20, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
TP Huang: Chinese EV charging stations integrate rooftop solar and battery storage
“One thing you find that's kind of interesting with all our charging station now is that they have their own solar panels on the top of the roof, and then they have their own energy storage systems along with it, so so that actually does help alleviate some of …”
TP Huang (TP Wang) Jun 20, 2024 ▶ 25:57 Demystifying the Chinese EV market
Feb 25, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Roberts: Pakistan recently imported solar capacity equivalent to 40% of total load
“Pakistan went, like, I think it was like two years or three years, 40% of its total load now was It has imported solar panels equivalent to 40% of its total load.”
David Roberts Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 1:03:19 Volts crossover: Six big energy questions
Mar 19, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Moskowitz: Nearly all solar panels purchased in the US are domestically assembled
“And, you know, we're at a point now where, you know, if you're a buyer of solar panels in the United States, pretty much every panel you're going to get is at least domestically assembled.”
Scott Moskowitz Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 6:55 Scaling America's domestic solar supply chain
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