Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/17/energy/pakistan-solar-national-grid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #pakistan #solar #renewables #energy
https://www.just-stories.org/stories/agents-of-green-transition-gujarats-women-salt-farmers-signal-a-cleaner-fairer-future-for-informal-workers
This is a tremendous story of empowerment and hope. Similar to many across the global south. Small scale solar is making a huge difference to some of the very poorest of the worlds population.
https://www.just-stories.org/stories/agents-of-green-transition-gujarats-women-salt-farmers-signal-a-cleaner-fairer-future-for-informal-workers
This is a tremendous story of empowerment and hope. Similar to many across the global south. Small scale solar is making a huge difference to some of the very poorest of the worlds population.
1GW baseload power from solar and batteries. Build should take about 2 years (solar + batteries have excellent project predictability). Cost is $6 billion but with that lead time and confidence, the loan costs will be quite low (even lower if tranches come on line sooner).
With the plummeting costs of BESS particularly I think this will be the first of many.
SOLAR: yes, the tax credits are expiring at the end of the year (get started now!)
BUT... I was thinking how much #solar prices have dropped since I had mine installed in 2022 (catching the first wave of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act tax credits)...
1/n
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I8HVaJ0GNHtVKeAHN--w4xAM6x5wElTV/view
Tim Chambers
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Nice article about growth in solar power. It is good to see the progress.
I am a big fan of both solar and EVs, both 4 wheel ones and two wheel ones. We need to get off fossil fuels, and the sooner, the better.
I've defrosted the Moogs for the first 100% #solar powered telling of Duncan Porter's tale of two visits to the Rhone #glacier. Tomorrow at 2000 UTC (7PM UK) at https://party.radiofreefedi.net/ See you in the chat!
#electronicmusic #ambientmusic #climatecrisis #modular #ableton #vcvrack #moog #eurorack #maxmsp
Angela Antunovic
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Europe’s largest floating solar farm is now operational in France. #solar #renewables #France #ClimateAction #environment
https://www.ecowatch.com/largest-floating-solar-farm-europe.html
Wir haben unseren Artikel über #Solar Halterungen für gemauerte & Beton - #Balkone mit einer neuen Halterung aktualisiert.
https://balkon.solar/news/2025/04/19/loesungen-fuer-betonbalkone/
Insane chart. China has apparently installed more #solar capacity in the month of May than most countries (including Germany) have installed ever.
Via Lauri Myllyvirta
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lauri-myllyvirta-3164703b_we-knew-chinas-rush-to-install-solar-and-activity-7343150554484727808-h362/
#Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a #Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of #Congohttps://apnews.com/article/congo-solar-energy-goma-drc-72700d7dd98824a8007b658ba39d281e
@jchyip
One of the great things about #solar and #bess in the global south is that they are cheap and scale from domestic right up to large grid scale installations. So they offer an practical ladder from households through mini grids, grids of grids, and on to national infrastructure in easy steps with power delivered to people at each step.
Tom
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#Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a #Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of #Congohttps://apnews.com/article/congo-solar-energy-goma-drc-72700d7dd98824a8007b658ba39d281e
Inside the tiny Voodoo machine!
This is the video showing it operate: https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/114803188722361098
#3dfx #retrogaming #retrocomputing #voodoo
*I AI modified my speech on my #solar powered 7900XTX using all open source tools. Data Centers used 0kWh for this work.
Tim Chambers
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The #OneBigBeautifulBill will make it harder to develop #wind & #solar #energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates & lawmakers said.
The #Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar & wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key #Republican senators seeking better terms for #renewables.
#Trump#OneBigUglyBill#MagicMinute
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/
The #OneBigBeautifulBill will make it harder to develop #wind & #solar #energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates & lawmakers said.
The #Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar & wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key #Republican senators seeking better terms for #renewables.
#Trump#OneBigUglyBill#MagicMinute
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/
The #Senate also changed language about which #solar & #wind projects can use the 2022 #InflationReductionAct’s #TaxCredits.
In the Senate's final version, projects will be able to use the lucrative credits if they begin construction before 2026.
A previous version was based on when the projects enter service.