According to Bloomberg, 268 GW of solar was deployed in 2022, which is over 250 times more capacity than what was deployed in 2004.What followed was another dramatic price movement, as the manufacturing might of the Chinese government took the industry by storm.This article was ameded tno change the unit from kg to t in the following: In 2004, we deployed 1,044 MW of solar power, using just over 16,000 t of silicon globally.At 2.2 grams per watt, the 268 GW used approximately 590,000 kg of silicon, or 35 times more silicon than was used in 2004.”I believe these figures should be 16,000 metric tons and 590,000 metric tons rather than kilograms.Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so."