The Economist - The exponential growth of solar power will change the world

“Today solar power is long past the toy phase. Panels now occupy an area around half that of Wales, and this year they will provide the world with about 6% of its electricity—which is almost three times as much electrical energy as America consumed back in 1954. Yet this historic growth is only the second-most-remarkable thing about the rise of solar power. The most remarkable is that it is nowhere near over.”

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/06/20/the-exponential-growth-of-solar-power-will-change-the-world