As a solar educational institute that has trained many students from around the world, we realize that every student enjoys a different style of learning. For those of you visual learners, we thought we’d share some illustrations that help sum up the state of the solar industry.

This first illustration “compares finite and renewable planetary energy reserves (Terawatt‐years). Total recoverable reserves are shown for the finite resources. Yearly potential is shown for the renewables.” (source: Perez & Perez, 2009a). Solar’s presence is clearly abundant!

The next few illustrations clearly show the dive in solar prices and when taking the true cost of coal into consideration, solar energy will eventually be a no-brainer:

With solar becoming increasingly more affordable and with the help of a variety of solar rebates, the demand for solar is steadily increasing:

Undoubtedly, the solar industry in the U.S. and globally is growing at a meteoric rate. For more details or if you’re not the “visual learner-type,” check out the following resources:

  1. U.S. Solar Energy Growth Continues to Crush Records (10 Key Findings)
  2. International Solar PV Nearly Doubled, PV Growth Doubled in 2010
  3. Cleantech’s Revolutionary Growth & Expectations for Coming 10 Years
  4. Solar Power Blowing Up in the United States
  5. Solar Power Graphs to Make You Smile
  6. Solar Energy Markets and Growth

If you want more solar knowledge, we encourage you to visit us in sunny South Florida for one of our solar training classes.

Source: Clean Technica