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'..solar is intermittent..' - '..We have decoupled GDP growth from emissions growth..'

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<blockquote>'Solar energy is a key element in Africa’s future, Motzen believes. “Is it the only solution? No, because solar is intermittent. But will it be a major part of the solution? I believe it will.”

Yosef Abramowitz, president of Gigawatt Global, told a US government delegation and Bono at a site visit in August: “We have decoupled GDP growth from emissions growth. What you have heard is that we are 6% of a country’s generation capacity without adding any emissions. It is a false choice in Paris [the climate summit] and this is the proof test to be able to break that deadlock so that the world can go solar.” '

- How Africa's fastest solar power project is lighting up Rwanda, November 23, 2015</blockquote>


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<blockquote>'..the real revolution is in the dramatic fall in the cost of producing a kilowatt of power using solar energy.'

(Project C - MDE, The Electric Universe, Fusion Power) - Montgomery Childs: SAFIRE Project Update | EU2015

(Global) - '..a revolutionary shift to net zero emissions by 2080..'


(The Electric Universe) - The Paths to Discovering Our Universe, Past and Present - By Annis Scott</blockquote>