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Solar net generation (all sectors) · Hindsight | Envisioning

Hindsight · review build · data not yet validated

Solar net generation (all sectors)

US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook, 2017, published 2017

Publishers Envisioning Hype Cycle explorer Forecast vs actual

solar_generation in 2047: 562.301 billion kWh

Source

Verdict

Not graded yet.

The same forecast in other editions

2017562.301 billion kWh
2018709.705 billion kWh
2019732.603 billion kWh
2020885.826 billion kWh
2021982.813 billion kWh
20221102.48 billion kWh
20231681.7 billion kWh
20251985.05 billion kWh

All captured fields

series: solar_generation
target year: 2047
value: 562.301
unit: billion kWh
case: Reference
retrospective: AEO Retrospective 2025 (data file, pulled August 2025)
column: GEN_NA_ALLS_NA_SLR_NA_NA_BLNKWH
confidence: high

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https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2017-277

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Hindsight, claim eia-aeo-2017-277. Envisioning. https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/claims/eia-aeo-2017-277

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