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Solar to meet half of global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025 (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Is the title kind of misleading or am I missing something?

Title:

Solar to meet half of global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025

The electricity demand is still increasing:

Global electricity demand is forecast to grow by around 4% in 2024, up from 2.5% in 2023,

and if I got this right the projection says it will keep increasing another 4% for 2025

The increase in global electricity consumption is set to continue into 2025, with growth at around 4% again, according to the report.

So the title actually says that:

Solar to meet the 4% of the 8% of the global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I read it as 1/2 of the 8% of growth. They later state that wind and solar combined is 3/4 of the 8% of growth.

Solar alone is expected to meet roughly half of the growth in global electricity demand in 2024 and 2025 – with solar and wind combined meeting as much as 75% of growth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I read it as 1/2 of the 8% of growth.

Of course, great you pointed that out