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It's not a comprehensive dataset. The US installed 43 GW_peak in 2025, which should be around 80M new panels.

Still, an order of magnitude less new capacity than China - but not two orders.

There are also 4X as many people in China, little domestically available oil, and their government supports domestic manufacturing. This is an expected result.

It’s OK to celebrate small wins. The US doesn’t have to be #1 in everything. We also seem to have a curious diseconomy of scale on mega infrastructure projects for complex reasons, so maybe slow growth is the right approach.

People aren't sad about the US not winning the race, they are despairing about the US actively trying to lose.

Yep, actively suppressing renewable efforts all the way down to shaming on a cultural level. It should be a net positive for Americans to adopt renewables - cheaper energy, more independence, good for the environment - but instead its viewed as silly or too unreliable when it isn't.

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