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Houser: Solar, storage, and EV sales are growing 15% to 40% annually

Trevor Houser · How is U.S. industrial policy affecting actual climatetech investment? · Oct 12, 2023 · at 22:34

Rhodium Group partner Trevor Houser breaks down annual growth figures for established clean energy markets.

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“Solar and storage, mostly, and then EV sales, and they're, you know, both are growing at like, you know, 15 to 40% a year, so really rapid growth, not the kind of triple-digit growth that we're seeing in manufacturing or in some of the emerging climate tech but continued pretty strong growth in solar and storage, both on the Wholesale side and on the retail side and then growth in in EV in EV sales.”

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