The sporting world has given journalists an easy cache of clichés within which to delve when summarizing events from often totally unrelated industries. From horseracing to golf, popular phrasings from popular pastimes have peppered the lexicons of the lazy, the time-pressed or the inspirationally bereft reporter for decades. But sometimes - Friday afternoons, mainly - such analogies are apt. The week in solar has been a real humdinger, with the fleet-footed industry gearing up to land a telling blow on its energy rivals - many of which have already dropped their guard and are ready to throw in the towel. Carbon's corner is already preparing the smelling salts after a bruising report from Deutsche Bank suggested that the energy war was already over, with solar set to become the dominant electricity source within the next 15 years. A 175-page report by Deutsche analyst Vishal Shah suggests that the industry will generate revenues of $5 trillion by 2030, adding 100 million more customers and increasing its share in the global energy mix from 1% today to 10% by 2030, and around 30% by 2050. "Over the next 5-10 years, we expect new business models to generate a significant amount of economic and shareholder value," wrote Shah. With oil prices on the ropes, solar at grid parity in half of the countries around the world, and cost-competitive storage moving up the divisions every week, solar is well on course to become the undisputed heavyweight of the energy industry within 15 years. The gloves are offToo meek for too long, solar came out fighting on a number of fronts this ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...