Runaway economic feedback loop 2026-2031: cheaper renewable energy incentivizes wider adoption, increases global manufacturing volumes, drives prices down further along Wright's curve. Political independence means energy transition continues regardless...

Runaway economic feedback loop 2026-2031: cheaper renewable energy incentivizes wider adoption, increases global manufacturing volumes, drives prices down further along Wright's curve. Political independence means energy transition continues regardless of policy reversals — underlying manufacturing efficiencies of silicon wafers and battery chemistries have officially decoupled energy transition from political sentiment. | Next major policy reversal without deployment slowdown

Key catalyst: Next major policy reversal without deployment slowdown

Watch events: Solar + battery deployment under political policy reversals

Solar + battery deployment continuing through Trump IRA rollback uncertainty 2025-2026; BNEF confirms underlying economics dominant.

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  "mode": "FORECAST",
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  "context": "Fifth Naam entry. Specific compounding-feedback-loop mechanism framing. Couples with INF_063 (battery storage negative power prices), FUT_012 (grid parity).",
  "to_year": 2031,
  "conv_cues": "specific mechanism framing; political-decoupling claim",
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      "source_url": "https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-energy/battery-storage-costs-hit-record-lows-as-costs-of-other-clean-power-technologies-increased-bloombergnef/",
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      "measurement_criterion": "BloombergNEF LCOE 2026 or 2027 report records global benchmark for solar+4hr storage falling below $50/MWh (vs. $78/MWh for stand-alone batteries in 2025)"
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      "kind": "llm_pre_event",
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        "to": "2028-12-31",
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      "measurement_criterion": "IRA, EU Green Deal, or peer mechanism faces material rollback while documented YoY deployment of utility-scale solar+storage continues to grow"
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      "label": "China solar manufacturing capacity exceeds 1,500 GW/yr",
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      "source_url": "https://www.dnv.com/energy-transition-outlook/2025/greater-china/",
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      "kind": "llm_pre_event",
      "label": "China clean-energy share of new generation crosses 60%",
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