Yeah and that's even old data, a year old. In fact 2023 installations were 56GW and this year's will be over 62GW at least, maybe more. 2030 targets have been adjusted already. And electricity storage means curtailment will be less of an issue than anticipated even with higher deployment rates.
But last ~10% of carbon-based electricity will be incredibly difficult to push out. We might hit 85% carbon-free electricity by 2030 but getting even to 95% may take us all the way to 2050, or later. Because of political shit in some countries. In addition to the reasons listed in your article, in some countries electricity grid is under control of unions that see cost of electricity as a form of tax, and they won't let it slip out of their hands.
> In addition to the reasons listed in your article, in some countries electricity grid is under control of unions that see cost of electricity as a form of tax, and they won't let it slip out of their hands.
Can you share which countries? I am genuinely curious.
But last ~10% of carbon-based electricity will be incredibly difficult to push out. We might hit 85% carbon-free electricity by 2030 but getting even to 95% may take us all the way to 2050, or later. Because of political shit in some countries. In addition to the reasons listed in your article, in some countries electricity grid is under control of unions that see cost of electricity as a form of tax, and they won't let it slip out of their hands.