I think that all of the steps in development are important. The French discovered photovoltaics. The US produced the first commercial panel and created the modern panel. China has made panels a commodity, refined the process for producing them, and is the largest producer of solar panels in the world.
The West discovered renewables and nuclear and then decided to keep burning coal and oil for the next 100 years like the absolute degenerates they are because they control the oil markets
Do you think discovering the principle of something is the same as refining and mass producing it? In that case, plants beat France.
I think that all of the steps in development are important. The French discovered photovoltaics. The US produced the first commercial panel and created the modern panel. China has made panels a commodity, refined the process for producing them, and is the largest producer of solar panels in the world.
All of these things have merit.
The West discovered renewables and nuclear and then decided to keep burning coal and oil for the next 100 years like the absolute degenerates they are because they control the oil markets