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Andrew Leach's avatar

The graph is, literally, a graph of actual installed capacity vs. forecast installed solar capacity. It's not in any way misleading.

Using the same metric, you'd likely find that nuclear capacity has grown by less than forecast over the same timeframe given unexpected shut-ins.

And, no, capacity of a non-dispatchable energy source is not useless. It's just not dispatchable.

Thanks for reading

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Garth Jolly's avatar

If one considers emissions regulations to be a marginal cost of production (it is in terms of fines or necessary technology improvements in order to adhere) then it will indeed impact max production.

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