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yogthostoday at 12:59 PM3 repliesview on HN

To put this in perspective, China installs around 3x that every single day https://reneweconomy.com.au/just-staggering-china-installs-1...


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pbmonstertoday at 2:17 PM

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.

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notTooFarGonetoday at 2:11 PM

With how backwards US policy is - this will be the major factor in the future.

Energy heavy use cases with little to no energy costs will lap western industries.

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