(SEMAFOR) Renewable energy’s startling growth Renewable energy sources are on course to meet half of total global electricity demand by 2030. An International Energy Agency report forecast that the world would add 5,500 gigawatts of new renewable sources in the next five years, roughly equal to the entire power capacity of China, the European Union, India, and the US combined. The report emphasized the need for improved infrastructure to integrate the new energy sources: In some countries, up to 10% of renewably generated electricity isn’t used, because of periodic oversupply and inadequate grids. It came as a research firm projected that the world has “avoided the most catastrophic projections” of global warming, but was still on track for temperatures to exceed a 2°C rise.
Hadn't seen your response till now, but I think reference to improved infrastructure means things like transmission lines and substations. Does Tesla get involved in that? Getting it to demand not so much storing for when the demand is there.
In some countries with high alternative energy dev, they're finding that the concern for black periods (no supply) was overblown and that, in fact, they're seeing oversupply forcing temporary shut downs or slow downs. Tesla (or others) providing storage would alleviate this issue temporarily and provide a steady supply of energy but expanding beyond existing delivery areas is also key to the transition. Since existing power suppliers aren't necessarily located where new energy sources are being created, there will be a need to review and rethink delivery options. There's a thread somewhere on ET discussing undersea power transmission much like fiber optics.
some scientists feel after all oil is not fossil and constantly produced inside earth If so this graph is outdated and we're already at 100% renewables
The U.S. (and Russia, China, Australia, Canada and I guess Brazil and India) are not some countries. They all have vast open spaces, many which are current - or potential future sources of energy - which have population zones hundreds if not thousands of miles away. The Netherlands they are not.