A terawatt of solar module capacity expected within 16 months

Interesting article but I was expecting a breakdown of how much of the capacity was monocrystalline, and that's not even mentioned. It does emphasize the importance of overhauling grid infrastructure to manage high solar inputs however:

> "China, the world’s largest renewable market, initially managed the surge in wind and solar by curtailing excess generation. They later developed a nationwide high voltage direct current (HVDC) network to channel power from the interior regions to the densely populated coast."

I'm sorry but the projected numbers for Europe and the US are pretty pathetic.

You know, I can't help but feel that the whole climate change response is similar to ipv6. You keep hearing about adaptions and progress and everyone is afraid to admit we're stuck with ipv4 because the v6 cult is too loud and scary if you mentioned what an overengineered PITA v6 is. We just want extra octets, make that work.

Dear loud and scary climate people: we just want nuke power and better infra and city planning that needs less cars and nuke powered railways and cargo ships (see how insane cargo and cruise ship pollution is).

I promise you, your great grand kids will use a fossil fuel powered vehicle of some sort the way things are going.

From date of manufacture how many months before it is installed and hooked into the grid?

Last I heard, the interconnect queue was already behind schedule.

Why are Europe and North America behind India. Is it the solar availability?

If this is true it’s amazing, the world needs about 2.85 TW so this would be more than a third of that.