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Chris Wright: “Solar, the last full year we have data was 1.2% of global…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Chris & Liz Wright on Iran, Solar, Nuclear, & Card Counting | KMP Ep.34

Published | Video Starts at 08:30

And we absolutely want to produce more batteries. Batteries have a role to play. Solar has a role to play, but you know, they're not likely to be meaningful sources of global energy. Solar, the last full year we have data was 1.2% of global energy and 1.2% of American energy. The next year or two it'll get to 2% of American energy. If you have a solar panel and you say capacity, you build a solar farm that's 100 megawatts. (08:30–08:37)

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Asserts that solar energy accounted for 1.2% of global and American energy in the last full year of data.

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