Offshore's rapid growth was not confined to Europe, with the number of global platforms growing by a factor of four to provide 4,000 MW of grid-connected electricity, twice the previous record set in 2013, according to BNEF.
Her estimates, from a recent report presented to U.S. and international policymakers, indicate that photovoltaics could grow by a factor of five, with costs declining by up to 50percentt; and wind power could grow by a factor of three as costs decrease by up to 25percentt.
In 1950, the world manufactured roughly as much steel as cement; by 2010, steel production had grown by a factor of eight, but cement had gone up by a factor of 25.
Since 1980, India's electricity capacity has grown by a factor of eight, and it still hopes to extend electric power to 300 million people living without it.
In Enterprise, Nev., population 65,000, which led small-town growth for every major racial group, the Hispanic population grew by a factor of five, to 9,800, and the Asian population grew thirteenfold, to 10,200.
But by 2011, the company had made distribution deals with retailers like Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond, and U.S. sales had grown by a factor of ten, to forty million.
A representative told me Instacart's revenue grew by a factor of six since the start of 2015, and it has been able to use data science to find efficiencies in its operations.
According Starz, kids programming has grown by a factor of ten since the app launched, and there are now nearly 1,250 TV episodes and movies on its service.
Mr Metzner says the company's trade has grown by a factor of eleven in the year leading up to October.
While the minimum wealth for the wealthiest increased fourfold, the wealth at the 90th percentile only grew by a factor of two and half and rose by only 42% over almost three decades.
According to Google, mobile speech input has grown by a factor of six in the past year, with two years of speech inputted into mobile search each day.
