Energy · Recorded milestone
Mass-produced solar
Recorded year2010
Factory-scale polysilicon and module production drive solar prices down about 90% in a decade.
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Led to
- Home batteryRecorded · 2011enables
- Solar roof tilesRecorded · 2011enables
- Plug-in balcony solarRecorded · 2015enables
- Grid-scale batteriesRecorded · 2017enables
- Household air-water harvestersRecorded · 2017enables
- Floating power and water islandsRecorded · 2022enables
- Green hydrogen at scaleForecast · ~2028enables
- Desert solar beltsForecast · ~2030enables
- Gigawatt-hour iron-air fleetsForecast · ~2030enables
- Perovskite tandem solarForecast · ~2030enables
- Desert towns watered from airForecast · ~2031enables
- Space-based solar powerForecast · ~2031enables
- Low-energy desalinationForecast · ~2032enables
- Solar cold storage for every farmForecast · ~2036enables
- Electric light in every homeForecast · ~2038enables
- Cooling for all in hot regionsForecast · ~2045enables
- Zero-emission global freightForecast · ~2062enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.