Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>If the world covered every suitable <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/roof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roof</span></a> with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> panels, it could supply 2/3 of humanity’s total <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> consumption – allowing the globe to transition completely off of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fossifuell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossifuell</span></a> electricity generation, according to a new study out of the University of Sussex.<br>It found that rooftop solar could provide a total of 19,483TWh of electricity, which is about 2/3 of global electricity use (which was 29,664TWh in 2023).<br><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/03/14/covering-every-roof-with-solar-could-supply-2-3-of-global-electricity-study/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electrek.co/2025/03/14/coverin</span><span class="invisible">g-every-roof-with-solar-could-supply-2-3-of-global-electricity-study/</span></a></p>