Build clean power + electrify⚡️ Chief analyst and co-founder of @ember-energy.org. Electricity analyst since 2000, still learning;)
Dave Jones
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AFRICA SOLAR: 7 months later, and still new records are being set☀️
DRC, Egypt, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe show a particularly new step up...
DATAPOINT👇
And thanks for kicking this off when it was expensive.
Now that prices have collapsed as delpoyment surges, the rest of us can do this at a fraction of the price;)
Battery is such a game-changer, and nowhere is that more obvious than in California:
2019: daytime solar☀️
2025: dispatchable solar☀️☀️☀️
Go Korea! And that's BEFORE the energy crisis...
Massive kudos to India for rapidly building their own solar supply chain - doubling panel manufacturing in just 12 months👏
This is Asia's Ukraine moment...
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/18/i...
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14 months late, India has finally dropped its 2035 climate goals.
Reduction in emissions intensity
2030: 45%
2035: 47%
No progress within error margin?
Non-fossil power mix
2030: 50%
2035: 60%
Very easy to achieve?
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What do you think?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Akshat Rathi
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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India added 119 GW of solar module capacity and over 9 GW of cell capacity in 2025, bringing total capacities to about 210 GW and 27 GW, respectively, according to Mercom India. Growth was driven by s...
'Octopus says it has a received a 41% rise in inquiries from homeowners about how to become “energy independent” in March so far, which it says equates to “thousands” of people contacting them. It’s been the busiest three-week period in the company’s history.'
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
Soaring oil prices will lead to higher energy bills for many households. Is now the time for renewable alternatives to shine?
India’s long-delayed new climate policy set a modest target to cut a key emissions metric 47% by 2035, as the world’s third-largest polluter attempts to balance growing energy demand and action on glo...
Big surge in EV sales in South Korea in February as this year's subsidies kicked in. EVs reached 29% of market share, the highest ever.
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
