Al Gore

By 2020, more than 80% of the world's population will live in regions where solar power is cost-competitive with other electricity sources.

“By 2020 – as the scale of deployments grows and the costs continue to decline – more than 80 percent of the world’s people will live in regions where solar will be competitive with electricity from other sources.”

Said on

18 June 2014 · Essay by Gore in Rolling Stone

Source

The Turning Point: New Hope for the Climate · Rolling Stone

Should come true

2020

How sure they sounded

will (no hedge)

Categories

EnergyClimate

Importance

3 of 5 · Solar cost parity determines the pace of the global power-sector transition.

Outcome

Accurate Happened 13 October 2020.

The IEA's World Energy Outlook 2020 found solar PV "consistently cheaper than new coal- or gas-fired power plants in most countries", including the most populous markets (China, India, US, EU). Being cheapest for new build in most countries implies competitiveness for well over 80% of the world's population, though no source measures the exact population share.

Evidence:

• https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2020