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Millions of solar panels are piling up in warehouses across the Continent because of a manufacturing battle in China, where cut-throat competition has driven the world’s biggest panel-makers to expand production far faster than they can be installed.
The supply glut has caused solar panel prices to halve. This sounds like great news for the EU, which recently pledged to triple its solar power capacity to 672 gigawatts by 2030. That’s roughly equivalent to 200 large nuclear power stations.
In reality, though, it has caused a crisis. Under the EU’s “Green Deal Industrial Plan”, 40pc of the panels to be spread across European fields and roofs were meant to be made by European manufacturers.
However, the influx of cheap Chinese alternatives means that instead of tooling up, manufacturers are pulling out of the market or becoming insolvent. Last year 97pc of the solar panels installed across Europe came from China.[...]
The best estimates suggest that about 90 gigawatts worth of solar panels are stashed around Europe. That solar power capacity roughly equates to 25 large nuclear power stations the size of Hinkley Point C.[...]
The sheer scale of the problem was revealed in a recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
It warned that although the world was installing at record rates of around 400 gigawatts a year, manufacturing capacity was growing far faster.
By the end of this year solar panel factories, mostly in China, will be capable of churning out 1,100 gigawatts a year – nearly three times more than the world is ready [sic] for. For comparison, that’s about 11 times [!!!!] the UK’s entire generating capacity.
For some solar power installers, it’s a dream come true. Sagar Adani is building solar farms across India’s deserts, with 54 in operation and another 12 being built.
His company, Adani Green Energy, is constructing one solar farm so large that it will cover an area five times the size of Paris and have a capacity of 30 gigawatts – equal to a third of the UK’s entire generating capacity.
“I am installing tens of millions of solar panels across these projects,” says Adani. “Almost all of them will have been imported from China. There is nowhere else that can supply them in such numbers or at such prices.
“China saw the opportunity before others, it looked forward to what the world is going to set up 10 years on. And because they scaled up in the way they did, they were able to reduce costs substantially as well.”
That scaling up meant the capital cost of installing solar power fell from around £1.25m per megawatt of generating capacity in 2015 to around £600,000 today – a decrease of more than 50pc – making it cheaper than almost any other form of generation, including wind.[...]
“Up to 2012 there was a healthy looking European solar panel industry but it was actually very reliant on subsidies and preferential treatment.
“But then European governments and other customers started buying from China because their products were so much cheaper. And China still has cheap labour and cheap energy plus a massive domestic market. It’s hard to see Europe recovering from those disadvantages.”
Trying sososo hard to make this sound like a bad thing [23 Mar 24]
#sowwy ur nationalistic fever dream got outcompeted#free market innit#now shut up and install the fucking panels#shocking revelation: combatting a global problem isnt most efficiently done through local solutions#'we cant install that many' yeah you can lol#wheres that 'become an accompished scientist' meme
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Been calling this for a while. Things are going to get messy.
Tech stocks are taking a heavy beating.
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#employee turnover#increasing wages#worker flexibility#staff workflow#ikea#employee retention#retail industry#covid-19 pandemic#inflation impact#union conflicts#employee benefits#jon abrahamsson ring#inter ikea group#employee satisfaction#global quit rate#childcare benefits#labor market#labor disputes#retail sector#workplace changes
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this person just said everything
#i think i've talked about this year when i answer an ask once#like it has been bothering me how they never gaf about international fans' opinions on ANYTHING#while trying to market these groups as 'global' and 'international' superstars#but then some of them do something ignorant and we ask them to apologize#and nothing is done#and idk how they expect to want these things without doing the work#this silence rn reminds me of this every now and then#and it annoys me it's main criticism i have of this industry#tris.txt
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SDCC - This item was exclusively available at San Diego Comic-Con.
This plush is limited to just 500 and each is individually numbered.
Purchase the Battledome TCG Starry Acara Starter Deck and redeem the included Rare Item Code.
Purchase the Battledome TCG Fire Uni Starter Deck and redeem the included Rare Item Code.
So TNT are just selling stamps and avatars now.
"If you ain't in Cali, you can suck it".
#neopets#neotag#tnt#we want things to be achievable so we'll release a limited number of plush that's only available in ONE geographical location over 4 days#global market who?#Logic who?#Boo hoo too bad#we'll release more shit you can't access or afford
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palestine is a wake up call to all the people in the global south and all countries and peoples that have experienced colonialism by western empires. especially following the western world's response to ukraine.
when you're flooded with footage of children starving, their bodies shredded by missiles, shrapnel and collapsed buildings, when you see once vibrant, beautiful lands reduced in seconds to rubble . . . you realize how easy it is to provoke a white man. all you have to do is a be a person of colour on your land with all its natural resources. that's it. all you have to do is exist on the same soil as your ancestors. and if a white man says you're in the way of his expansion, it doesn't matter what moral ethics you think white people have. it really doesn't matter what you expect of a human being. what conscience you think they have.
you will die. no one will rescue you. they will murder you. torture you. they will justify it. they will make jokes about it. and years later, when it's not too inconvenient for their people to feel guilt, they will feel sorry and still make what they did to you about them. about their "human complexity" and their "nuance." your people will be dead for thousands of years before they "apologize" (not to you but) to their descendants. and even then they'll lie. they'll blame the "internal conflicts of the region." conveniently leaving out who supplies the guns and military gangs. why. what they get in return.
what's happening in congo, tigray, palestine, haiti, iran, afghanistan, etc is not an isolated event. you cannot afford to think so. it's literally what they did from the 17th-20th centuries. the exact same tactics. the exact same propaganda. these are millions of people dying and set up to die within this year alone.
white man sees resource, white man cuts a bloody path toward it. he is superior, so it's his right. it's that simple.
if you are self-righteous about politics (especially toward western empires like france, britain, russia, canada and the u.s., etc.) please understand that the only thing between your "peaceful" or stable country and all-out war is how agreeable you are to the demands of these empires. please don't think these people have evolved or will consider you in any way. they will nuke you, too, if you resist. that isn't peace. we don't have peace with them. they aren't peaceful. complying under threat of war isn't peace. coercion is not consent.
if these insane people can hear from the mouths of their own scientists that their wars are killing their own people and accelerating the death of life on this planet, i don't know why you'd think they have a shred of humanity left in them. that there's anyone in this life they could possibly care for.
reject that lie. that you can appeal to their humanity. how many fucking "peace talks" have we had since hitler? for fucks sake. begin to build your community and focus your aid and efforts on each other. be aware, but also think smaller. focus on local businesses and markets rather than imports. let's change the way we consume (this is hugely important). wherever you are, whichever people concern you, take care of your own communities. give back. even if you're part of the diaspora. just find a way to give back and strengthen your communities. don't let "the drain" empty out in the west. i'm not claiming its simple work, or that i have all the answers. i'm just saying increase your awareness of how these empires and their propaganda function and don't give into them however you can afford to. you know what you can do. you know your own communities and countries better than i do. and we all know that one of the prime ways the empires keep us weak is by destroying or own intracommunity solidarity.
because there is no UN we can appeal to. there is no western "mediator" we can rely on.
they'd kill us all if it wouldn't tank their economy.
internalize that. don't ever let them coax any trust out of you. there is no "international unity" we can have with them because their prosperity will always require our suffering. resist, at least, by reclaiming your mind from them. see them outside of how they have conditioned you to see them. every time your president shakes one of their hands, see the blood smearing them.
don't trust a single word out of their dirty, lying mouths.
#the u.s. and kenya have recently been in a lot of talks#and with it has come a series of bad news#it is now illegal for local farmers to sell indigenous seed#which you just KNOW is for the benefit of usa gmo markets#more us and western political ambassadors are settling in kenya as well#we're so cooked lol#we're so fucking cooked#free palestine#free sudan#free congo#haiti#not a pan-africanist bc i think this global movement should extend to all the southeast#free iran#free tigray#free yemen#free haiti#sudan#palestine#congo#tigray#make your money abroad if you must#but don't let it stay there#these parasites will take everything they can#majority world countries are you seeing what i'm seeing?#because i know you are#globalism#humanitarian crisis#racism#colonialism#imperialism
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back again to peddle some wares to y'all. after a long hiatus I've finally got my store back up and running! as I don't plan to table at any anime cons in the future I'm having a big ol' sale on my old convention stock. check it out. 👇
https://spatterdocks.etsy.com
#might look into tabling at flame con again#and smaller markets though#but I've got new ideas...new things brewing#also I highly support postponing purchases until after the global strike week#bad timing to post on my part but I’m very good at that
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Black and white bohemian bedroom
#bohemian#bohovibes#boho#bohostyle#bohochic#morrocan#tangier#bedroom furniture#bedroom decor#february#March#winter#indoor outdoor living#black and white#architecture#global market#global#bed#bedrooom#vacayvibes#vacation#canopies#area rugs#canopy bed
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Hold On To Our Earth | A song for global warming
#music streaming#gamethon#free music download#best music apps#top music genres#new music releases#music production software#music education#music lessons online#best headphones for music#music festivals 2024#music licensing#royalty free music#background music#workout music#study music playlist#classical music#pop music#rock music#hip hop music#jazz music#music marketing tips#indie music#electronic music#new artists to watch#relaxing music#instrumental music#Hold On To Our Earth Song#global warming#climate change
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It's a weird sort of defeatism I see whenever there's a story about a country in the global south discovering large reserves of some critical mineral or resource where people automatically go "oh no that's terrible for them" as if the "resource curse" is something that just passively happens instead of the results of active decisions by Imperialist Monopolistic Capital
Discovery of a resource to be exploited should - and moreover *can* - be a beacon of hope for increasing domestic manufacturing & moving local industry higher up the value chain & building qualitatively higher productive capacity without the need to service foreign speculative Capital.
#one day soon we will see congolese manufactured phones enter the global market#bolivian EVs will be competitive with Tesla#and cheaper
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#meme#mattsmemes#memes that make you go hmmm#true#so true#boomers#destruction#housing market#college tuition#ice caps#global warming#they destroyed the world#picking up the pieces
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Bitcoin Could Reach $90K as M2 Money Supply Surges
Bitcoin continues to track global M2 money supply trends, and analysts are forecasting a potential surge in its price to $90,000 by the end of 2024. The M2 money supply, which measures cash and short-term bank deposits, has been a key indicator of Bitcoin’s performance in past cycles. https://twitter.com/cointelegraph/status/1845825133824352750 As liquidity accelerates, Bitcoin is poised to…
#Bitcoin#Bitcoin rally#crypto#cryptocurrency#financial conditions#global M2 money supply#institutional investors#liquidity#M@#M@ money supply#Market Trends#money supplt#price surge#six-figure target
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YOSHIDA Sokhna (吉田 ソクナ)
Here's my design of Taisei Yoshida's mother :) She is an accountant at Yoshida Motors, married to Shigeo. Her daughter is college aged, named Tomoko.
In my headcanon, she is from Senegal 🇸🇳 , and met her husband during a Paris-Dakar event during the 1980s.
She learnt japanese on a whim, in addition to her native wolof, french and arabic, and moved to Kunugigaoka after her marriage.
#assassination classroom#ansatsu kyoushitsu#taisei yoshida#yoshida taisei#sokhna yoshida#shigeo yoshida#tomoko yoshida#assassination classroom families#i will do more so i need to figure out a global tag i guess#i really like how i did her hair! i'm not set on one specific style for her but it was fun.#also she is as interested in motorcycles and all as her husband and son. she WILL be mad about the accountability side of the market#don't hesitate to ask questions! i'm curious if anyone has any more ideas or something...#the yoshida family is literally so great IMO like they're one of the only non toxic kind families in class e. they're balanced and mature#they're the refuge for hazama etc <3 sokhna loans her french lit for her to read
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honestly i think one of the most successful ways to market trains as a mode of travel to americans would be to emphasize the lack of TSA. literally everyone hates TSA.
just put up a buncha billboards telling people they can bring their shampoo or whatever on a train, instead of having to carefully pack to make sure nothing in your suitcase might slightly resemble something that could theoretically be made into a bomb.
#grymms spectacular fucking posts#trains#im being half serious btw. marketing is unfortunately important in changing public opinion#it's like how my godmother eho works in public health specifically around climate change makes dure to emphasize that global warming means#allergy season starts earlier n lasts longer#cus people are more likely to care about smaller n pettier stuff like that
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Global Aluminum Knob Market Trends and Future Growth Analysis 2024 - 2031
The global aluminum knob market is experiencing substantial growth, driven by the increasing demand for lightweight and durable components across various industries. Aluminum knobs are widely used in consumer goods, electronics, automotive, and furniture, making them essential in contemporary manufacturing and design.
Overview of Aluminum Knobs
The global aluminum knob market is poised for continued growth, fueled by the increasing demand for lightweight, durable, and aesthetically pleasing components across various industries.
Aluminum knobs are small, typically cylindrical or rounded fixtures made from aluminum, designed to facilitate user interaction with devices or furniture. Their lightweight nature, resistance to corrosion, and aesthetic appeal make them a popular choice in many applications.
Types of Aluminum Knobs
Industrial Aluminum Knobs
Designed for machinery and equipment, these knobs are engineered for durability and functionality.
Often feature textured surfaces for better grip.
Furniture Aluminum Knobs
Commonly used in cabinets, drawers, and doors, these knobs come in various designs and finishes to enhance aesthetics.
Available in decorative styles for modern and traditional furniture.
Electronic Aluminum Knobs
Used in various electronic devices such as audio equipment and appliances.
Often designed with precision for smooth operation and tactile feedback.
Market Drivers
Growing Demand for Lightweight Materials
The increasing emphasis on reducing weight in various applications, especially in automotive and aerospace industries, is driving the demand for aluminum knobs. Their lightweight properties contribute to overall efficiency and performance.
Aesthetic Appeal
The aesthetic versatility of aluminum knobs is propelling their use in furniture and consumer goods. Manufacturers are increasingly incorporating stylish and customizable designs, making aluminum knobs an attractive option for end-users.
Environmental Considerations
Aluminum is a recyclable material, which aligns with the growing trend towards sustainability. The ability to recycle aluminum without degradation in quality is encouraging manufacturers to choose aluminum knobs over other materials.
Regional Analysis
North America
North America is a significant market for aluminum knobs, driven by a robust manufacturing base and high demand from the automotive and furniture sectors. The region's focus on innovation and quality further supports market growth.
Europe
Europe also plays a critical role in the aluminum knob market, with many prominent manufacturers and designers located in the region. The demand for aesthetically pleasing and functional designs is high, particularly in the furniture and home appliance industries.
Asia-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness rapid growth in the aluminum knob market. Countries like China and India are experiencing a surge in manufacturing activities, particularly in electronics and automotive sectors, driving the demand for aluminum knobs.
Key Players in the Market
AluFlex
A leading manufacturer specializing in high-quality aluminum knobs for various applications, known for its innovative designs.
Hafele
Offers a wide range of aluminum knobs for furniture and hardware solutions, focusing on aesthetics and functionality.
Dura Knobs
Known for its industrial-grade aluminum knobs, Dura Knobs provides durable solutions for machinery and equipment.
Future Trends
Customization and Personalization
As consumer preferences shift towards personalized products, manufacturers are increasingly offering customizable aluminum knobs. This trend is expected to enhance customer engagement and satisfaction.
Smart Technology Integration
The integration of smart technology in various applications is likely to influence the design of aluminum knobs. Future knobs may incorporate features such as touch sensitivity and integrated controls for electronic devices.
Sustainable Manufacturing Practices
With the growing emphasis on sustainability, manufacturers are likely to adopt eco-friendly practices in the production of aluminum knobs. This may include using recycled materials and implementing energy-efficient manufacturing processes.
Conclusion
The global aluminum knob market is poised for continued growth, fueled by the increasing demand for lightweight, durable, and aesthetically pleasing components across various industries. As technological advancements and sustainability trends shape the market landscape, stakeholders must innovate to meet the evolving needs of consumers. With a focus on customization and smart integration, the future of aluminum knobs looks promising, ensuring their relevance in the manufacturing and design sectors for years to come.
#Global Aluminum Knob Market Size#Global Aluminum Knob Market Trend#Global Aluminum Knob Market Growth
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