Powerful new rooftop solar panel promises system sizes “previously out of reach” https://reneweconomy.com.au/powerful-new-rooftop-solar-panel-promises-system-sizes-previously-out-of-reach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powerful-new-rooftop-solar-panel-promises-system-sizes-previously-out-of-reach

New rules loom for home solar and batteries, as world’s biggest isolated grid tackles “unique challenge” https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-rules-loom-for-home-solar-and-batteries-as-worlds-biggest-isolated-grid-tackles-unique-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-rules-loom-for-home-solar-and-batteries-as-worlds-biggest-isolated-grid-tackles-unique-challenge

“Spain’s wind and solar growth has reduced the influence of expensive fossil generators on the electricity price by 75 per cent since 2019“

[And Spain, IIRC, gets Algerian gas]

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/spains-renewables-revolution-likely-to-keep-energy-bills-low-even-as-gas-prices-soar

#Spain #España #Europe #EU #UE #FossilFuels #Renewables #Climate #Energy

A little over the "supply of solar panels is just as vulnerable as the supply of petroleum" hot takes.

Balcony solar is taking US state legislatures by storm. In more than half of states, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would boost adoption of small plug-in solar panels that sit on apartment balconies and plug directly into household outlets. The simple technology is already in use in millions of households in Germany. Canary Media https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/balcony-solar-taking-state-legislatures-by-storm #ShareGoodNewsToo

@stellth @The_Sun Yeah, the Sun is awesome. Yay Sun.

@The_Sun

Good day Sunshine, my batteries kept me cozy during the night. Now replenishing off the grid. As soon as the solar panels shed the layer of snow on the roof, we’ll start making more power.

@CyclesSmiles @Sustainable2050 @Nieuwsuur_online
How many SMRR (Small Modular Reactor Receivers) would €85k buy?

Solar, storage and sheep: First sod turned at game-changing hybrid PV and battery project https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-storage-and-sheep-first-sod-turned-at-game-changing-hybrid-pv-and-battery-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-storage-and-sheep-first-sod-turned-at-game-changing-hybrid-pv-and-battery-project

Big battery put on standby again as rooftop PV sends grid demand below zero, but none have been told to charge https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-battery-put-on-standby-again-as-rooftop-pv-sends-grid-demand-below-zero-but-none-have-been-told-to-charge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-battery-put-on-standby-again-as-rooftop-pv-sends-grid-demand-below-zero-but-none-have-been-told-to-charge

One of the things I like about The Onion, to which I pay cash money for the print version, is the "ads"

Energy retailer dumps gas licence to “focus exclusively” on solar, batteries and VPPs https://reneweconomy.com.au/energy-retailer-dumps-gas-licence-to-focus-exclusively-on-solar-batteries-and-vpps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=energy-retailer-dumps-gas-licence-to-focus-exclusively-on-solar-batteries-and-vpps

43 GW: Solar tops new US power for the 5th year in a row https://electrek.co/2026/03/09/43-gw-solar-tops-new-us-power-for-the-5th-year-in-a-row/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Electricity price subsidy could harm industry efficiency and competition – analysis

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/electricity-price-subsidy-could-harm-industry-efficiency-and-competition-analysis #industry #electricity #prices
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/electricity-price-subsidy-could-harm-industry-efficiency-and-competition-analysis

“What we know is that if you need speed to power, the fastest new generation that you can build is solar. If we were redesigning our entire system now — today, based on our technologies — we obviously would have a lot more solar deployed.”

Mark Menezes, Deputy Energy Secretary in Trump’s first admin.

Amazing, and welcome — whatever the motivation… — change of heart.

“Solar power’s newest friends: MAGA influencers”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/27/solar-powers-newest-friends-maga-influencers-00802954

#Solar
#Energy
#EnergySecurity
#Electrification

Fortescue forges ahead on Pilbara “real zero” goal with construction of state’s biggest solar farm https://reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-forges-ahead-on-pilbara-real-zero-plan-with-construction-of-states-biggest-solar-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fortescue-forges-ahead-on-pilbara-real-zero-plan-with-construction-of-states-biggest-solar-farm

"While running for Senate,🚨former Navy SEAL T Sheehy criticized “goofy, subsidized green energy crap” & said after taking office last year that military “readiness doesn’t include green solar power generation projects.”

The Montana Republican🚨installed rooftop solar & battery storage systems at his Bozeman home several years ago.
#Hypocrisy #Kakistocracy #Republicans #Kleptocracy #Renewables #Solar #USPol
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/08/gop-senator-mocked-green-energy-crap-his-home-runs-on-it-00791293

Yeh, yeh, mine was still first 😎🤟😬 And bigger 'My' Western Australian Cunderdin solar-battery hybrid dispatches power up to 18 hours a day Yes, WEM, not NEM Dispatch from ~7AM often up to midnight! Who says the sun doesn't shine at night? Real daylight saving writ large bsky.app/profile/prof...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lesu6ocptfjk6g6xg373ptef/post/3mgeg72fsek2d

"Iraq’s largest solar project enters trial operation"

#Iraq #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/04/iraqs-largest-solar-project-enters-trial-operation/