7Global Solar Forecast 2050 is the most progressive solar report ever produced, a 60 page forecast of all solar technologies and installations out to 2050. It shows that solar is on a roll. No seriously. Today we argue over whether or not it will hit, or not hit 200 GW of global annual installations in 2022. Solar is growing so fast it is bound to have growing pains. By 2038 it will hit five times that annual installation number, because governments, utilities and renewables firms realize that not only is it already the cheapest way to generate electricity, and will get increasingly cheaper, but the emergence of battery energy storage makes solar a more predictable resource. All this is detailed…