L R AS Published on Saturday 19 February 2022 - n° 391 - Categories:Thread of the Week
Highlights of week 391
On the one hand, there are the climate activists who believe that not enough is being done to combat greenhouse gas emissions. emissions since the 2°C limit will be exceeded in 2050, without the planet being at "net zero" emissions
On the other side,
Economists are beginning to sound the alarm about the excessively rapid growth of tools to limit greenhouse gas emissions. They report a 27% growth in installed panels worldwide by 2021, which is an impossible pace to maintain over time. Germany has set itself a target of increasing its installations by 50% per year. All countries want to see comparable growth.
As a result, the price of aluminium for frames, cells, panel mounting and inverters has risen by 56% in the last twelve months due to buying pressure.
Similarly, the price of lithium, which is essential for batteries, has risen sixfold in one year, reversing the trend in storage system prices in Q4 2021 and pushing back the price of batteries by a further five years.quarter of 2021 and pushing back by about two years the threshold of $100/kWh at which electric vehicles will become widespread
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This dichotomy is developed in the PV Watch (on the website www.actu-solaire.fr) entitled A look at an unattainable energy transition under current conditions
And in this week's Wire articles:
Voluntarism:
Greenpeaceregrets slow progress
The pvXchange commentary from the end of January
The limits:
Lack of raw materials could slow down the energy transition
