THINKING OF INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS ON YOUR PROPERTY ?

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Solar energy installations have increased six fold since 2010.

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words.

So today I’m going to show you three charts that prove the solar energy revolution is coming.  Remember, the key to so many emerging technologies is the fact that they’re getting smaller, faster and cheaper. Those are the results of exponential growth. They’re the driving forces behind everything from quantum computing to the next iPhone.  The same forces are driving the solar industry. Solar energy is getting cheaper. It is becoming more efficient. These trends are accelerating. And that’s leading to rapidly growing numbers of new installations.
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The price of solar energy

Source: Bloomberg

The price of solar energy has collapsed. That’s led to an explosion of new solar installations.

The reason those trends appear so dramatic is because the numbers go back 40 years. But narrow your focus to the last few years and the trend is the same. Look:

price per watt of electricity generated by solar

The price per watt of electricity generated by solar has more than halved in the last decade. Installations have increased six fold since 2010.

The chart tells the story. Falling prices allow increasing numbers of people to use solar energy as a viable energy source.

And that’s exactly what they’ve been doing:

of new energy installations by sector

These figures are from 2014 (the latest data set available through the Solar Energy Industry Association). What the above chart shows is the percentage of new energy installations coming on stream broken down by sector. Solar energy outstripped every other new supply.

All three charts tell the same story. The trends at work in the solar industry right now are driving it towards a moment of critical mass. In fact, some would say we’ve already hit that point. Consider:

  • Since 2010, Italy has increased its solar capacity by over 410%.
  • In 2014, Germany acquired 6.9% of its entire energy needs from solar.
  • But that’s nothing compared to the USA. Between 2004 and 2014, American capacity increased 40 times over as the chart below proves:

Amont of US energy generate by solar

Source: US Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review table 7.2a.

And the trend is accelerating. By the end of this year, US capacity is expected to double again.

That’s an increase of 7,900% in just 12 years.

We’re at a critical point. Rapidly improving technology and funding from governments and tech firms worldwide are combining to create the kind of opportunity you have to consider.

How best to take it?

That’s the question that was put to Eoin Treacy, investment director for Exponential Investor (and all our tech related products), earlier in the year.

And he didn’t disappoint. He came up with a series of high potential ways to profit from this story. You’ll find everything you need in this new presentation – just click here to take a look.

It’s well worth your time.  

 

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