Africa is ready to step into its era of solar power, as solar panel imports from China grow rapidly across the continent☀️

In the past 12 months, as many as 25 countries imported 100 MW or more of solar panels - up from 15 countries 12 months prior📈🌍

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Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar Carbon Brief factchecks 16 of the most common myths about solar power

16 Incorrect Myths About Solar Power.

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Solar power is everywhere in Pakistan—here’s what that looks like - Cipher News To say solar power is booming in Pakistan is an understatement. On a recent trip to my native country, I was overwhelmed by the omnipresence of solar energy in nearly every corner.

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South Australia On Track To Meet 2027 Goal Of 100% Net Renewable Leaving fossil fuel defenders with very weak arguments as a result

As South Australia approaches its goal of 100% net renewables by 2027, more anti-renewable arguments are surfacing. Here I look at some of the most obvious ones.

For example, as more regions reach high shares of renewables, debates over interconnectors will only intensify.

Doesn’t seem feasible at all. More of a distraction from solar and wind tech we have here on earth that’s already viable and scaling like crazy.

There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.

This is simply false.

- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life

Every once in awhile Elon Musk says something sane. #solar #cleanenergy

Petrostates say “renewables can’t do baseload.” True—because we don’t need it anymore. What we need is reliable, flexible, always-on power. Solar, wind + storage deliver cheaper & cleaner than coal ever could. Baseline is dead—flexibility & resilience win. ⚡ #BESS #Solar #LFP #EnergyTransition #EV

The Baseload Power Myth Renewables, balanced by grid flexibility, are the new baseload

Curious what “baseload” is, and why it’s fading in the age of cheap solar, wind, and storage?

I break it down in my latest post, and show how renewables and flexibility are replacing baseload as the backbone of grids.

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Solar Energy vastly surpasses all Fossil Energy Reserves One solar panel manufacturing giant now matches the energy reserves of the top seven oil majors combined

In 2024, solar energy “reserves” had already surpassed all known oil & gas reserves according to Bloomberg NEF. Since then, solar’s dominance has only increased, manufacturing capacity growing by 29% year on year. Longwei alone has more useful energy reserves than all 7 oil majors combined.