Elon Musk targets 100 GW of annual solar manufacturing for both Tesla and SpaceX within three years to solve the energy bottleneck threatening the AI revolution. Image: Daniel Oberhaus / Wikimedia Commons
In Davos Musk revealed that he is pushing ahead with U.S.-based PV production even without any easing: “The SpaceX and Tesla team, both separately, are working to build to 100 GW a year of solar power in the U.S., of manufactured solar power. That'll probably take us 3 years or something.
Image: Daniel Oberhaus / Wikimedia Commons In addition to championing solar-powered space-based AI at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, last week, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk also shed light on earth-based plans at Tesla and SpaceX to produce PV technology in the U.S.
For continuous solar load you divide that by roughly 4 or 5, that's around 250 GW of steady state power paired with batteries. That's a very big number. That's half of the average power usage in the U.S. The U.S. power usage on average is 500 GW.
Musk highlighted that 2.5 square kilometers of solar panels could generate 3 gigawatt-hours, and a 160x160-km solar farm could power the U.S., emphasizing solar energy''s scalability.
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