IEA: Solar overtakes all energy sources in a major global first(electrek.co)

121 points by Klaster_1 6 months ago | 80 comments

Solar panels are creating an unexpected effect by forming rainfall clouds(ecoportal.net)

12 points by rbanffy 6 months ago | 3 comments

Off-grid solar brings light, time and income to remotest villages(apnews.com)

197 points by zdw 3 years ago | 85 comments

California strikes another blow against rooftop solar(latimes.com)

21 points by miguelazo 2 years ago | 9 comments

Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels(electrek.co)

286 points by celsoazevedo 5 months ago | 294 comments

US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it(electrek.co)

296 points by doener 9 months ago | 275 comments

Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels(grist.org)

339 points by bilsbie 1 year ago | 501 comments

Article on how Germany installed solar panels on roughly half a million apartment balconies through plug-in balcony solar systems.

'It's offensively cheap': Solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear(bbc.com)

46 points by geox 1 hour ago | 28 comments

BBC Future article explaining how global solar electricity generation has overtaken nuclear, with seven reasons for solar's growth including falling costs and batteries.

Solarpunk is happening in Africa(climatedrift.substack.com)

1103 points by JoiDegn 11 months ago | 536 comments

A Climate Drift Substack essay arguing that Africa is building a solarpunk future by leapfrogging legacy energy infrastructure with distributed solar.

Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time(pv-magazine.com)

624 points by xbmcuser 9 days ago | 390 comments

pv magazine article reporting that global solar generation surpassed nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2026.

In Europe, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels(e360.yale.edu)

656 points by speckx 9 months ago | 676 comments

Yale Environment 360 digest article reporting that wind and solar power generated more electricity than fossil fuels in Europe.

Can solar costs keep shrinking?(unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)

370 points by GoRudy 2 years ago | 557 comments

Tomas Pueyo's Uncharted Territories newsletter post examining whether solar photovoltaic panel costs can continue to decline.